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Librarians, enemies of freedom? Now that's hysterical, a Times-Picayune column by Brent Hightower.
He suggests Mr. Ashcroft and the country would be best served by not wasting time rattling off blanket insults to the members of our profession. By scapegoating public libraries as domestic targets in the war on terror, we are wasting law enforcement resources on libraries simply because they are easy targets.
In other stories, the law is already being used for Other Things, while This One says the scare tactics mislead public on Patriot Act's mission.