http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/woissues/civilliberties/theusapatriotact/usapatriotact.cfm *
The relevant section says, "*Under the new legislation, the FBI can obtain library records of anyone when they present facts showing "reasonable grounds" to believe that the records are "relevant" to an authorized investigation" ["to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a United States person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities."] I re-ordered the phrase in brackets for clarity. Nowhere does it say anything about forcing the library to report the information pro-actively, nor have I seen that language in any of the library web sites I have reviewed. It says the FBI must request the information, and my understanding is that only Internet access libraries are now covered, not all libraries: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/patriotact.html California Rep. Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, lauded new measures that would "[bar] the government from using National Security Letters to obtain records from libraries functioning in their traditional roles," and noted that "only libraries that also function as Internet service providers are now covered." All of which is a giant red herring to the actual issue of the current administration using Nixonian tactics in a policy debate, not for any reasons of national security. On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > Robert > > The Patriot Act is law. > > http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=ifresolutions&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11891 > > you're scaring me again > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301642 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
