The first real trial challenge to the Patriot Act is coming up in Idaho. Although this is not directly related to libraries, the repurcussions to civil liberties, and the future of the Patriot Act (or Patriot II) are obvious.
As a Web master for several Islamic organizations, Hussayen helped to maintain Internet sites with links to groups that praised suicide bombings in Chechnya and Israel. But he himself does not hold those views, his lawyers said.
His role was like that of a technical editor, they said, arguing he cannot be held criminally liable for what others wrote.
Civil libertarians say the case poses a landmark test of what people can do or whom they can associate with in the age of terror alerts.
Link is to article in the International Herald Tribune. Looks like it should appear in tomorrow’s NYT?
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