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April 8, 2003
Librarians show opposition to Patriot Act
Librarians Use Shredder to Show Opposition to New F.B.I. Powers
Librarians understand very well the basic right people should have to be able to read a book about Hitler and Nazi Germany and not be arrested as a potential teror suspect for learning some history.
The Patriot Act in broad terms allows the FBI to get records of book borrowing, Internet use, and book purchases of people "under suspicion." It allows many other things and seems to infringe on those very freedoms we are supposedly fighting for in the "War on Terror."
A good quote from the article:
""I am more terrified of having my First Amendment rights to information and free speech infringed than I am by the kind of terrorist acts that have come down so far," Ms. Turner said."
Posted by beamz at April 8, 2003 1:46 PM
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