The Obama admin. wants our two largest private carriers to know what they are shipping with the reasoning that they shipped prescription drugs from illegal sources.
“They clearly are attempting to put some responsibility for the legality of the contents of these packages. That’s why for us it goes far beyond even just the online pharmacy situation. This really has a chilling effect. It has the potential to threaten the privacy of all customers that send or receive packages via FedEx because the government is assigning a role on us as law enforcement or taking on their role in a way that is not appropriate,” Fitzgerald said.
I have a new respect for FedEx and UPS is dumped to the bottom of the list with the USPS:
UPS is currently negotiating a settlement with the government, but FedEx is fighting this all the way.
“Settlement is not an option for us when there’s no illegal activity on our part,” Fitzpatrick said.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/now-big-brother-targets-your-fedex-ups-packages/
“They clearly are attempting to put some responsibility for the legality of the contents of these packages. That’s why for us it goes far beyond even just the online pharmacy situation. This really has a chilling effect. It has the potential to threaten the privacy of all customers that send or receive packages via FedEx because the government is assigning a role on us as law enforcement or taking on their role in a way that is not appropriate,” Fitzgerald said.
I have a new respect for FedEx and UPS is dumped to the bottom of the list with the USPS:
UPS is currently negotiating a settlement with the government, but FedEx is fighting this all the way.
“Settlement is not an option for us when there’s no illegal activity on our part,” Fitzpatrick said.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/now-big-brother-targets-your-fedex-ups-packages/