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Author Foerstel, Herbert N.

Title Refuge of a scoundrel : the Patriot Act in libraries / Herbert N. Foerstel.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  344.092 F685r 2004    ---  Available
Description xiv, 218 p. : forms ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-210) and index.
Contents Ch. 1: A recent history of library surveillance. Background ; The Library Awareness Program ; Origins in the New York office ; The FBI meets Congress ; The controversy escalates ; It only hurts when we laugh ; A selective survey of library visits ; Winding down a troubled program ; The role of librarians in FBI surveillance ; The Special Libraries Association ; Librarians as potential KGB agents ; Paint the critics red ; The law and library surveillance -- Ch. 2: The USA Patriot Act. Passage of the bill ; General provisions ; Provisions directly affecting libraries ; National security letters and emergency foreign intelligence warrants ; Sunsetted provisions ; Blurring the distinction between criminal justice and counterintelligence -- Ch. 3: The Patriot Act in libraries and bookstores. Fearing the worst ; What are you going to do when they come for you? ; Destroying patron records before they can be seized ; FBI advice and reassurance ; Documenting those elusive federal visits to libraries ; Gag orders -- Ch. 4: Making things worse : government actions beyond the Patriot Act. Executive orders, regulations, and administrative guidelines ; Homeland Security act ; Total Information Awareness ; TIPS program ; CAPPS II ; Patriot Act II and the Victory Act ; Ashcroft's national tour ; State anti-terrorism legislation in the wake of 9/11 -- Ch. 5: Fighting back : responses to the Patriot Act. Congressional oversight of the Patriot Act ; Public oversight of the Patriot Act ; The Patriot Act in art and humor ; Legislative attempts to modify the Patriot Act ; State, local, and professional resolutions opposing the Patriot Act -- Conclusion. Ashcroft on the offensive ; The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? -- Appendix[es]: Public libraries and civil liberties--questionnaire ; California Library Association Patriot Act survey ; U.S. Attorney preservation demand letter ; U.S. District Court ECPA Order w/schedule ; U.S. District Court subpoena in a criminal case ; U.S. District Court search warrant.
Subject Library records -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Library surveillance -- United States.
Bookstores -- Records and correspondence -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Libraries and state -- United States.
United States. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001.
ISBN 1591581397 (alk. paper)
Standard No. 9781591581390

 
    
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