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Roger Lawson, co-chair
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Subject: [District Dispatch] ALA: Senate Judiciary Committee takes step toward fix for PATRIOT’s ‘library provision’
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:17:14 +0000
District Dispatch has posted a new item, 'ALA: Senate Judiciary Committee takes step toward fix for PATRIOT’s ‘library provision’'
Contact: Jenni Terry
Press Officer
ALA Washington Office
(202) 628-8410
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For Immediate Release
March 10, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA) says the Senate Judiciary Committee’s passage of the USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2011 (S. 193) today was a critical step in reauthorizing and reforming
Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. The committee passed The committee passed the bill with a vote of 10-7.
Section 215, the business records provision in the PATRIOT Act, has often been referred to as the “library provision.” The bill reported by the committee requires the government to demonstrate a connection to terrorism or espionage before it can obtain library and bookstore records in intelligence investigations.
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