Come on Robert..have you not learned anything in the last 8 months? This is 'change'!
BTW - anyone notice his approval rating slipped below 50%? Honeymoon must be over. On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Robert Munn<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:301648 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
