Congress Pressed to Renew Library-Search Powers

Articles all over the place this morning on the House of Representatives subcommittee on crime, terrorism and homeland hearings yesterday. Reuters has one, but The Washington Times has a much more exciting haedline: 9/11 hijackers used public libraries

“The computers in the library were used to review and order airline tickets on an Internet travel reservations site,” Mr. Wainstein said. “The last documented visit to the library occurred on August 30, 2001. On that occasion, records indicate that a person using Alhazmi’s account used the library’s computer to review September 11 reservations that had been previously booked.”