ALA to poll on Patriot Act usage

The ALA is getting Some Press Coverage from an AP Story that says it will survey thousands of libraries to determine how often federal agents have used the USA Patriot Act to try to secretly obtain patrons’ records.
Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, said the idea that agents are running around libraries is absurd. “I would be happy for them to do” the survey, he said.

June 27, 2004 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    June 27, 2004 at 8:55 pm

    Surveying libraries intellectual freedom gaffs
    How about surveying our cities’ public libraries failure to comply with state and local public records foi freedom of information principles and open public meeting sunshine laws of open government ?…

    Often cities’ public libraries board meetings and public libraries departmental committees meetings are not held in public.

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  2. Anonymous Patron says:
    June 28, 2004 at 9:07 am

    Re:Surveying libraries intellectual freedom gaffs
    Why did someone call it off topic?…

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