[privacy] ALA Criticizes DoJ's Stance on Libraries and Privacy

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via LibraryJournal.com (props, Pogo Was Right).

[snip]

The American Library Association (ALA) is criticizing the Department of
Justice (DoJ) for "fail[ing] to comprehend the role of libraries and the
importance of privacy in the United States." ALA President Leslie Burger
pointed to a written response to the U.S. Senate from Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) Director Robert S. Mueller regarding whether libraries
should be subject to National Security Letters (NSLs).

The issue is essentially a dispute about interpretation; read literally, as
the FBI does, the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act encompasses
libraries as "electronic communication services." However, the intention of
leading Senators voting for the reauthorization was to exempt libraries.

[snip]

More:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6403133.html

- - ferg

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