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Libraries Asked To Destroy Reports, Databases

Posted by timothy on from the we-never-said-that dept.

unix guy writes: "Our good friends and protectors in the U.S. Gov't have decided that what we used to know we can't know any longer. This LA Times story talks about libraries being ordered to destroy existing government reports and data sources in the name of homeland security." Is it really a fair trade to give up readily-available information about "airports, water treatment plants, nuclear reactors and more"?

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  1. Re:nothing new here by isorox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How ironic

    As I read this thread, IE (public library, they dont have debian systems) deicded to throw a wobbler and crash. Obviously it decided I didnt need to read about what I dont need to read about...