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Officials with the American Library Association, with more than 64,000 members, said they suspected based on anecdotal evidence that the government had used the antiterrorism law and related powers to demand library records more frequently than it had acknowledged.
The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly by Congress weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, gave federal authorities the power in national security cases to seek an order from a secret court allowing them to demand library records, business documents, medical files and a variety of other records that might be relevant to an investigation.
Debate on the House floor on Thursday revealed deep disagreement over even fundamental questions about what power the government now has to demand library records and how that power has been used since the law was enacted the week after the Sept. 11 attacks.
A1 Concessions on Patriot Act The Justice Department stood firm in opposing efforts to limit the government's ability to demand library records and conduct secret searches in intelligence investigations, but it did agree to minor modifications in the sweeping antiterrorism law passed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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In areas of higher demand, libraries can buy the electronic form of indexes and abstracts on CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory).
In subject areas having a low level of user demand, libraries can obtain information about journal articles by connecting their computers to those of database vendors.
In areas of the highest user demand, libraries can purchase the electronic indexes and abstracts on magnetic discs or tape and enter this information about journal and magazine articles into the same computer that contains the library catalog information.
Thus, while Netflix's original programming is decent, or at least tolerable, browsing its syndicated on-demand library feels like entering a portal to 1983's worst video store.
Wants Library Records The Federal Bureau of Investigation, is demanding library records from a Connecticut institution as part of an intelligence investigation, the American Civil Liberties Union said.
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