Summer of '04 Rough On Libraries, Citizens; Government Infringes On Public's Rights to Information and Privacy

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › September 30, 2004

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Summary

A library is referred to as the "cornerstone of democracy" and a neutral place where individuals can access information on all sides of an issue. For this reason, librarians fight censorship and protect an individual's privacy.

In recent months, libraries have experienced government interference to rival any in recent history.

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Summer of '04 Rough On Libraries, Citizens; Government Infringes On Public's Rights to Information and Privacy

* U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft declared that the USA Patriot Act had never been used to obtain library records and said librarians' concerns about this were "baseless hysteria," but documen...

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