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[privacy] ALA Criticizes DoJ's Stance on Libraries and Privacy
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:37:55 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via LibraryJournal.com (props, Pogo Was Right). [snip] The American Library Association (ALA) is criticizing the Department of Justice (DoJ) for "fail[ing] to comprehend the role of libraries and the importance of privacy in the United States." ALA President Leslie Burger pointed to a written response to the U.S. Senate from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert S. Mueller regarding whether libraries should be subject to National Security Letters (NSLs). The issue is essentially a dispute about interpretation; read literally, as the FBI does, the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act encompasses libraries as "electronic communication services." However, the intention of leading Senators voting for the reauthorization was to exempt libraries. [snip] More: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6403133.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.2 (Build 4075) wj8DBQFFmqZ6q1pz9mNUZTMRAr5rAJ445UU5Vl9kIy4BgttSde/31SI4bwCePLez sJh37MWyQk3ApZ8+4qSi+ZY= =AbWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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