[at-l] OFF TOPIC : FW: Take Action: Patriot Act is un-Patriotic -Preven t its Implementation

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

OFF TOPIC:
YES this is an OFF-TOPIC forward.  Yes, we do have terrorists using
libraries and booksellers.  But innocent people also may be looking for the
same information.  If you were researching "kiddie porn" so as to fight
kiddie porn would you want to be labelled as a pedophile just because you
accessed certain library materials or bought certain items?  Or if you
bought or checked-out The Anarachist Cookbook just to see what it had in it?


William, The Turtle

PS	Probably the worst part is that librarians cannot tell people that
their records have been searched by the government.

P2S	Please take any extended discussion OFF-LIST.

-----Original Message-----
From: Human Rights Action Center Alert List
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Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:14 PM
To: nealb@midlandstech.com
Subject: Take Action: Patriot Act is un-Patriotic - Prevent its
Implementation


Dear William, 

Under the USA PATRIOT Act, the FBI gained the power to search your library
and book-buying records without probable cause of any crime or intent to
commit a crime. The Act also stops librarians and booksellers from telling
you that this search has even occurred.  Congressman Bernard Sanders (I-VT),
along with Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter (R-ID) and Congressman John
Conyers Jr. (D-MI), are offering an amendment to the Commerce, Justice,
State, and Judiciary Appropriations bill of 2004 to address this problem.
The amendment would protect basic freedoms that are threatened by the
hastily passed USA Patriot Act of 2001. Specifically, the amendment would
prohibit the Department of Justice from using any money in their budget to
conduct searches of libraries or booksellers using the wide-sweeping powers
granted in the Patriot Act. 

Please contact your Representative TODAY and ask her/him to support the
Sanders-Otter-Conyers Amendment!

To take action, click on this link or paste it into your Web browser:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=371036&l=6210





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