Thursday, April 28, 2005

Like They Couldn't Get the Books Elsewhere... Just don't even know what to say. Reuters reports that "Congress Pressed to Renew Library-Search Powers." From the article: "Congress must keep U.S. libraries from becoming terrorist 'havens' by renewing legislation that allows authorities to seize library and bookstore records, Bush administration officials testified on Thursday."

3 Comments:

At 5:05 PM , Blogger Business Lawyer said...

We should probably sell them bombs too. It's not like they can't get 'em elsewhere.

 
At 10:27 PM , Blogger nerdlaw.org said...

What can I say? I have a problem with government intrusion into Constitutionally protected speech. Last time I checked, *reading* wasn't a crime. Possession of a bomb, on the other hand...

 
At 1:59 PM , Blogger nerdlaw.org said...

A good resource: CDT's Patriot Act page.

 

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