House limits Patriot Act rules on library records

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http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/politics-6/1118872252132080.xml&storylist
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/16/patriotact.libraries.ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a slap at President Bush, lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.

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baby steps...

Comments

[ladykatza.livejournal.com]

several different administrations have tried to do this, and every time it was shot down.

and that always ends up being the beginning of people really taking notice.

don't...fuck...with...librarians.