|
From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 903
PUBYAC Digest 903
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Freedom to Read Foundation joins suit seeking Patriot Act
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Freedom to Read Foundation joins suit seeking Patriot Act
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:34:39 CST
Freedom to Read Foundation joins suit seeking Patriot Act information
from Justice Department
http://www.ala.org/news/v8n14/ftr.html
"The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has joined a Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking to learn how many subpoenas have
been issued to libraries, bookstores and newspapers under the Patriot
Act. ACLU and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) attorneys
filed the lawsuit as attorneys for their organizations, the FTRF and the
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE). The suit
was filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C."
See also
See also
The USA Patriot Act
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/usapatriotact.html
FBI in Your Library
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/fbiinyourlibrary.html
Terrorism Information and Prevention System (TIPS)
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/tips.html
__________________________
Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225; Fax: 312-280-4227; dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipalegalfund.html
Free People Read FreelyŽ @ your library
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/intellectualfreedomandcensorship.html
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise,
we don't believe in it at all."--Noam Chomsky
"In our system, students may not be regarded as closed-circuit
recipients
of only that which the State chooses to communicate."--Supreme Court
Justice Abe Fortas, in Tinker v. Des Moines Community School District
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/1stcases.html#40
------------------------------
End of PUBYAC Digest 903
************************ |