I posted this in the recent thread about the renewal of the Patriot Act library/bookstore provision but it deserves more attention. One of the Repuke arguments was that the Patriot Act hadn't been used in libraries yet.
More lies! If the feds are using the Patriot Act to nose around in conservative, sleepy Indiana, then they are using it everywhere.
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One Indiana library reported in a survey that federal officials had sought to review patron Web browsing and reading habits since the Patriot Act went into effect, an Indiana Library Federation representative said Thursday.
Stephen Cochran, chairman of the federation's intellectual freedom committee, said that of the 218 other Indiana public libraries responding to an anonymous survey, six said they were not sure, and two asked, "Wouldn't disclosing this information to you be in violation of the Patriot Act?"
With this information, he said, libraries around the state should "want to sit up and think about how to protect their patrons' confidentiality."
He said the federation supports rolling back Patriot Act provisions that lower the bar for federal officials to request patron data.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/2/161099-5102-009.html