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House Limits Patriot Act Rules on Library Records

Posted by samzenpus on from the guess-what-I'm-reading dept.

xerid writes "From CNN.COM: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Wednesday to block the FBI and the Justice Department from using the Patriot Act to search library and book store records. Despite a veto threat from President Bush, lawmakers voted 238-187 to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that allows the government to investigate the reading habits of terror suspects.""

2 of 499 comments (clear)

  1. Outspoken librarians? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shhhh!

  2. Re:uh.. oh... by aussie_a · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go outside. See a plane flying overhead? That's how far the joke went over your head.