FYI --
NEWS: Ashcroft Mocks Librarians and Others Who Oppose Parts of
Counterterrorism Law
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
New York Times
September 16, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 Attorney General John Ashcroft today accused the
country's biggest library association and other critics of fueling
"baseless hysteria" about the government's ability to pry into the
public's reading habits.
In an unusually pointed attack as part of his latest speech in defense of
the Bush administration's counterterrorism initiatives, Mr. Ashcroft
mocked and condemned the American Library Association and other Justice
Department critics for believing that the F.B.I. wants to know "how far
you have gotten on the latest Tom Clancy novel."
The association, which has argued for months that the government's new
antiterrorism powers risk encroaching on the privacy of library users,
took some satisfaction from the broadside.
"If he's coming after us so specifically, we must be having an impact,"
said Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the library association's
Washington office.
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The full article may be read at the URL above.
After digesting this article, one may wish to have a look at some
discussion on this topic using the links on this Educational
Cyberplayground page that clearly wants to be known as a page about
privacy:
BACK TO SECURITY
PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY
PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY PRIVACY
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/SECURITYprivacy.html>
A recent post of mine regarding an organizations research report on
privacy issues may also be of interest in this regard:
Privacy and Human Rights 2003: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and
Developments
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/message/269>
This bibliography regarding the USA PATRIOT Act and other posts regarding
the USA PATRIOT Act may also be of interest:
USA PATRIOT Act
<http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/LAWLIB/March03/0143.html>
The Impacts of the PATRIOT USA Act: From Libraries to Banks
<http://www.freelists.org/archives/nethappenings/03-2003/msg00071.html>
The PATRIOT USA Act: Some Websites: Some Webliographies from the Open
Directory Project and Some Monographic Publications
<http://www.freelists.org/archives/nethappenings/03-2003/msg00075.html>
[KCUTS] RESOURCES: USA PATRIOT Act Responses
<http://kootenaycuts.com/archive/?3324>
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html>
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