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Librarians Join the Fight Against The Patriot Act

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the uncle-sam-taking-our-rights dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article at the New York Times (free reg.) shows how lots of libraries are moving to destroy privacy related data as quickly as possible and still others have gone as far as posting signs and handing out leaflets to scare / educate their patrons."

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  1. Aren't public librairies part of The State? by Donut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Borrow books from the state, and then get suprised when they pay attention to what you are borrowing?

    This is like getting angry when the state looks at firearms records of purchases through a federal dealer (they are all federal dealers).

    Or getting upset when they use your driver's license to track the fact that you moved.

    Or not liking it when they use the fact that you won money at a state lottery to see if you owe child support.

    Or getting cranky when they check the visa stamps on your passport.

    Or getting miffed when they check your federal college loan records to make sure that you are registered for the draft.

    The governments cross-pollinate data on you all of the time, for various reasons, good or bad. This library stuff is new, but at least you can NOT BORROW BOOKS FROM THE STATE and not be affected. Most cases you do not have a choice.

    BTW, this behavior is not bound to any presidential administration. The career federal law enforcement have been wishing for the PATRIOT powers for years, and used 9/11 as a means of getting almost all of their wish list items. These are the same people who dealt death at Ruby Ridge and Waco. Too bad you geeks didn't care then.