Cops Swoop, Librarians Prevail

The following appeared in the 8/21 issue of The Seattle Times: \”Child pornography is illegal and anyone who tries to satisfy a despicable appetite via the computers of the King County Library System will be confronted and police called if needed. That fundamental message got lost in a bruising dispute between the library system and the Kent Police Department. The library filed a lawsuit against police when authorities seized two computers last month as part of an investigation that started off on the wrong foot. The library\’s lawsuit blocked police from conducting any computer search. All this morphed in some minds as the library system aiding and abetting and defending child pornography. That is just wrong…\” Read the rest.