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		Paul-ish on April 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The USPS is running a 'covert' program to monitor ... > Maybe worth noting that USPIS is older than the FBI. It's the oldest federal law enforcement agency. The wikipedia page for USPIS claims that. But the wikipedia page of the US Marshalls claims that same honor. I wonder which is correct.

dataflow on April 23, 2021 [–]

Supposedly USPIS goes back to 1737 (or 1772 if you don't want to count that), whereas USMS started in 1789? USPIS claims its "birth date" to be 1775, so I guess that's the latest. https://www.uspis.gov/about/history-of-uspis#1775

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