From The Guardian:
Public libraries have been contacted about 50 times by federal investigators as part of their anti-terrorism efforts, but the Justice Department won\’t say whether they looked through or took information from their records . . .
The American Civil Liberties Union, which has jousted repeatedly with the Justice Department over the new powers, said the department\’s 60-page response to lawmakers\’ questions did not provide enough details about the library investigations, possible FBI scrutiny of mosque membership lists and other civil liberties issues.
Complete article. More on the expansion of government surveillance in the U.S. from today\’s New York Times.
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