“Hours after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, people rushed to libraries to read about the Taliban, Islam, Afghanistan and terrorism. Americans sought background materials to foster understanding and cope with this horrific event. They turned to a place with reliable answers — to a trustworthy public space where they are free to inquire, and where their privacy is respected.”
“Since 9-11, libraries remain more important than ever to ensuring the right of every individual to hold and express opinions and to seek and receive information, the essence of a thriving democracy. But just as the public is exercising its right to receive information and ideas — a necessary aspect of free expression — in order to understand the events of the day, government is threatening these very liberties, claiming it must do so in the name of national security.” (from The Palestine Chronicle)
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