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Librarians as FBI Extension Agents (Popularity:  )
http://www.counterpunch.com/price03062003.html
Comments on the Patriot Act's Section 215. [CounterPunch]
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Sanders Attempts to Soften USAPA (Popularity: )
http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8860~1227085,00.html
Information on Rep. Bernard Sanders proposed Freedom to Read Protection Act. [Brattleboro Reformer]
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The Readers' Rights Project (Popularity: )
http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/proj_readers.html
Information and resources on the Partiot Act and library surveillance. From the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.
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EPIC USA PATRIOT Act Page (Popularity: )
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/
Information overview and news updates from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
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Librarians Use Shredder to Show Opposition to New F.B.I. Powers (Popularity: )
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/national/07LIBR.html
Libraries destroy patron records to preserve privacy. [NY Times]
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Libraries Learn how to Protect Patrons from Patriot Act (Popularity: )
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1049695909282110.xml
Report from a New Jersey Library Association about government laws and library privacy. [The Star-Ledger]
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Checking What You Check Out (Popularity: )
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030512-449469,00.html
Librarians unite against government's new ability to peek at what you read. [Time Magazine]
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Librarians Heroes in War to Save Freedom (Popularity: )
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/121307_shaplibcol.html
Commentary on "a battle to preserve Americans' freedoms." [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
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PATRIOTS, ACT (Popularity: )
http://www.mobylives.com/West_Patriot.html
Information article by Jessamyn West on the Patriot Act.
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Pulling FBI's Nose Out of Your Books (Popularity: )
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-sanders8may08,1,2885093.story
Commentary by United States Representative Bernie Sanders, in favor of the Freedom to Read Protection Act. [Los Angeles Times]
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Ashcroft Defends Search of Library Records (Popularity: )
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0602/web-fisa-06-05-03.asp
"Attorney General John Ashcroft defended the Justice Department's search of library records under the USA Patriot Act, telling lawmakers the ...
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Freedom to Read / Big Brother Out of Our Libraries (Popularity: )
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2003/05/29/ED237674.DTL
Opinion piece against the act, concluding that "we run the risk of letting the terrorists claim victory by allowing their ...
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Literary Groups Decry Patriot Act as Invasion of Privacy (Popularity: )
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0516-01.htm
Report on resistance to the Patriot Act. [The Boston Globe]
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Online NewsHour: Libraries and Liberties (Popularity: )
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/library_6-18.html
Transcript of a report on libraries and the Patriot Act. [PBS]
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Librarians are on Front Lines Against Easier Access to Records (Popularity: )
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/08/librarians_are_on_front_lines_against_easier_access_to_records/
"The public library in Boulder, the home of the University of Colorado, has adopted one of the country's most aggressive ...
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Subversive Reading (Popularity: )
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/magazine/WLN104134.html
Comments a face-off between the American Library Association and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [New York Times Magazine]
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Why the Patriot Act Worries Booksellers (Popularity: )
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/10/08/why_the_patriot_act_worries_booksellers/
Opinion piece by the owner of the Harvard Book Store. [The Boston Globe]
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Reader Privacy (Popularity: )
http://www.readerprivacy.com/
Details the impact of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act on reader privacy, and provides methods to protest to ...
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Librarians Make Some Noise Over Patriot Act (Popularity: )
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A1481-2003Apr9
"Concerns about privacy prompt some to warn patrons, destroy records of book and computer use." [Washington Post]
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No, YOU Check THIS Out: Librarians Respond To The USA PATRIOT Act (Popularity: )
http://librarian.net/essays/usapa_clamor.html
Summary essay by Jessamyn West on librarians' response to the act.
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