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Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the by-the-book dept.

sudnshok writes "Hasbrouck Heights (NJ) Library Director Michele Reutty is under fire for refusing to give police library circulation records without a subpoena. Her lawyer explained, 'Reutty did the right thing... At no time did Michele Reutty say to any police officer or anybody else that she would not give the information if it was properly requested.' However, borough labor lawyer Ellen Horn, who also represented the library trustees, said Reutty was 'more interested in protecting' her library than helping the police. 'It was an absolute misjudgment of the seriousness of the matter,' Horn said."

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  1. So what? by Threni · · Score: 0, Troll

    She's under fire from people with little regard for people's rights, and she's presumably respected by many readers of Slashdot for getting the authorities to apply `due process` and not just do what she's told like something out of Russia or something. If the police aren't abusing their powers and have a legal claim to the information then what's the problem here?

  2. Where is the cafetorium? by Arketype · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's a library? No, seriously...

  3. Re:Grandma was right by Scudsucker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Out of curiosity, did you hear that quote before the release of Civ 4?

  4. Re:Grandma was right by Scudsucker · · Score: 0, Troll

    This would be a troll....how? When you discover the Gunpowder advance in Civilization 4, it gives you the Al Capone quote "You can get more with a gun and a smile than with just a smile", which the parent also quoted. So how is it trolling to ask him if he first heard it in the game?