The same law used by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) as the basis for a sweeping intelligence program has also been interpreted to be highly restrictive on postal policing activities—raising questions among some critics about the legitimacy of USPS surveillance power. When Postal Police Officers Association president Frank Albergo first read a leaked U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) memo about monitoring conservative anti-lockdown protestors, something in the fine print caught his eye. Written at the bottom of the March bulletin, postal officials claim power to surveil and disseminate information about the right-wing protests under 18 U.S. Code 3061—a statute with which Albergo is familiar. As a labor representative for some 500 postal police officers, Albergo has fought with the USPS over the meaning of U.S.C. 3061. Last summer, Postal Service authorities said 3061 largely confines postal police officers to USPS property—restricting them from patrolling the streets to protect letter carriers, blue …