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USA PATRIOT Act
Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act.
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Librarians respond to the USA PATRIOT Act
National Library Week was in April and President Bush "celebrated" by making stump speeches in favor of the USA PATRIOT Act [USAPA].
USAPA has been with us since October 2001 when an alarmed Congress hastily passed the 300+ page bill giving the US
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Three librarians examine the act and how you librarians can protect patron privacy without breaking the law. [Library Journal]
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Congress passed the USA Patriot Act on October 26, 2001, barely six weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the the Pentagon.
Three librarians explore this controversial act and how you can protect patron privacy without breaking the law By Mary Minow -- Library Journal, 10/1/2002 Congress passed the USA Patriot Act on October 26, 2001, barely six weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Three librarians explore this controversial act and how you can protect patron privacy without breaking the law By Mary Minow -- Library Journal, 10/1/2002 Congress passed the USA Patriot Act on October 26, 2001, barely six weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the
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Report on a resolution passed against the act. [Library Journal]
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Much of the work of American Library Association (ALA) Council proceeds with relatively little debate.
ALA Council: Patriot Act a Danger -- Library Journal, 2/3/2003 Much of the work of American Library Association (ALA) Council proceeds with relatively little debate. But consistent with the challenges facing the nation, several issues during the 2003 ALA Midwinter Meeting generated heated
ALA Council: Patriot Act a Danger -- Library Journal, 2/3/2003 Much of the work of American Library Association (ALA) Council proceeds with relatively little debate. But consistent with the challenges facing the nation, several issues during the 2003 ALA Midwinter Meeting generated heated
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Reviews legislation and lawsuits challenging the Patriot Act library provisions. [Publishers Weekly]
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Free speech and privacy advocates who have spent nearly two years attacking provisions of the USA Patriot Act say a flurry of recent bipartisan legislative activity is proof that congressional sentiment has taken a dramatic turn in their favor.
Patriot Act Foes Say Tide Now Turning in Their Direction Legislation, lawsuits give hope that act will be revised by Karen Holt -- Publishers Weekly, 8/11/2003 Free speech and privacy advocates who have spent nearly two years attacking provisions of the USA Patriot Act say a flurry of recent
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Patriot Act Foes Say Tide Now Turning in Their Direction Legislation, lawsuits give hope that act will be revised by Karen Holt -- Publishers Weekly, 8/11/2003 Free speech and privacy advocates who have spent nearly two years attacking provisions of the USA Patriot Act say a flurry of recent
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Bookstores and libraries are taking steps to protect their clients from what they say is a dangerously snooping government. [ABC News]
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Defending the Right Right to Read
Defending the Right Right to Read Librarians, Booksellers Take on Feds Over Patriot Act Provisions A visit to the library hardly seems like an act that would get you in trouble, but some librarians are warning patrons that they could be putting themselves at risk by what they read. At public
Defending the Right Right to Read Librarians, Booksellers Take on Feds Over Patriot Act Provisions A visit to the library hardly seems like an act that would get you in trouble, but some librarians are warning patrons that they could be putting themselves at risk by what they read. At public
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Librarians unite against government's new ability to peek at what you read. [Time Magazine]
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Checking What You Check Out
Checking What You Check Out Patriot-Act opponents rally in Bloomington, Indiana t makes librarians raise their voices above a whisper? Certain passages of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Librarians are among the most vocal opponents of the law, taking particular exception to Section 215, which they claim
Checking What You Check Out Patriot-Act opponents rally in Bloomington, Indiana t makes librarians raise their voices above a whisper? Certain passages of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Librarians are among the most vocal opponents of the law, taking particular exception to Section 215, which they claim
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