Infoshop News – Libraries & The Patriot Act: Too much Talk, Not Enough Action

Anonymous Patron writes One From Infoshop, By Sanford Berman, says apart from scattered and often repetitive evidence – largely anecdotal – it really doesn’t seem that much has happened at the absolutely crucial level of specific libraries and library systems to inform the public (and staff) of the Act’s privacy and free speech implications, to reexamine record retention policies in order to best circumvent or frustrate government snooping, and to actively oppose the Act, or at least agitate for the repeal or amendment of Section 215. The most significant impact – and action – is local.”