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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.""

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  1. Re:Perhaps we shouldn't be so rash.. by blackpaw · · Score: 1, Redundant
    The Patriot Act was a fast acting, country sweeping bill that made it to law simply because the governing agencies that wanted it, wanted it now, and nobody was going to stand in their way in the wake of what had just happened in our country.

    If that was the case it would be more understandable, but I don't think so.

    I believe this was more about agencies and the neocons using 9/11 as a excuse to implement draconian polices they had long dreamed of. This was very little to do with protecting America against terrorists and a lot to do with longstanding freeper agendas.