Library rights
I think everyone, especially those in the United States, should read this article. I wonder how many people know that the FBI could be looking at all the books they've ever checked out or bought, and the FBI doesn't even have to show cause before stomping through all sorts of records that are normally private.Oh, it's nothing new. It's just the Patriot Act that was created after 9/11. What's mind-boggling is that the government really thinks would-be terrorists are stupid enough to check out "How To Make a Bomb" books in their own names.
I wonder what the FBI would think of me if they issued one of those secret subpoenas for my records. I wonder if they'd raise their eyebrows at the fact that I began checking out non-fiction World War II books when I was 8 and that I'm reading a book by Bob Woodward (one of the journalists who revealed Watergate).
Posted by Layla at 9:21 AM, September 22, 2003
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