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Library Sues Over Controversial Patriot Act

Friday, August 26, 2005

Library Sues Over Controversial Patriot Act. Proud to be a Connecticut resident.

The lawsuit was filed against U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut by an unnamed library and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The suit -- filed on August 9 and made public by the ACLU on Thursday -- calls the FBI's order to produce library records "unconstitutional on its face" and said a gag order preventing public discussion of the lawsuit is an unlawful restraint on speech.
Let me think. What books did I check out that make me a threat: "The Lorax", a copy of the "U.S. Constitution" or how about any book by Hightower, Dowd, Huffington...



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