color me unsuprised, law enforcement do ask about patron reading habits
Libraries Say Yes, Officials Do Quiz Them About Users, in the NY Times today, according to the results of a recent ALA survey. While this is not evidence of USA PATRIOT Act abuses per se, it points to...
View Articleabove the fold retraction: there was no Little Red Book ILL
From the Daily Kos, my comments, and I’m sure many other places. Federal agents’ visit was a hoax Student admits he lied about Mao book
View ArticlePATRIOT Watch: Patriot Act smackdown: Librarians 1, FBI 0
This news came down while I was at ALA, but I was running around too much to write it down. The government has closed their investigation in the now-infamous case in Connecticut where librarians who...
View ArticleFBI takes library computers without a warrant
That’s what it looks like to me from reading this news article. Even though I’m not thrilled about that, I don’t see anything in the library’s policies that woud prevent this from happening. Does your...
View ArticleAmerica’s Most Dangerous Librarians
Mother Jones had a good article (print version) about the Connecticut librarians ["radical bookworms" in MJ's terms, oy!] who fought the USA PATRIOT Act. It’s a little overblown, in my opinion, but has...
View ArticleThe FBI, and whether they’ve been here or not
Hello, I was away for the summer. It seems that there has been some activity. If you’re here because you heard about my The FBI Has Not Been Here signs, here is a link to the page where I first...
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