CT Librarians Talk About Patriot Act Gag
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: CT Librarians Talk About Patriot Act Gag
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:25:16 EDT
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The Virtual Chase
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1 June 2006
CT Librarians Talk About Patriot Act Gag
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<http://www.aclu.org/natsec/gen/25702prs20060530.html>
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(30 May) Silenced for months from talking about a controversial
provision of the U.S. Patriot Act, four Connecticut librarians spoke
this week for the first time about their experience. "The librarians'
case against the government is still ongoing. Although some revisions
have been made to the Patriot Act, the ACLU said the [controversial]
National Security Letter provision remains unconstitutional."
RELATED: 4 Officials of Connecticut Library Group Describe Receiving
Secret Order for Files
The Chronicle for Higher Education, 31 May 2006
(Access by subscription. This report describes the news conference and
the librarians' statements. "'It was galling for me to see the
government's attorney in Connecticut, Kevin O'Connor, travel around the
state telling people that their library records were safe, while at the
same time he was enforcing a gag order preventing me from telling people
that their library records were not safe,' said [Peter Chase, the vice
president of Library Connection].")
<http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/05/2006053101t.htm>