Friday, May 16, 2003

It's About Time
Finally a coalition of 32 publishers, authors, librarians, and booksellers told Congress they didn't like the Patriot Act. The Boston Globe reports that they signed a statement endorsing a Bernie Sanders (I-VT) bill that would exempt bookstore sales records and library borrowing records from some provisions. For the most part, though, it would not remove the ability of your friend and mine, General Ashcroft, to swoop down and demand to know what we have read but includes provisions for more judicial oversight.

I hope this works out soon. I'm sick of paying cash for all my books and being careful what ends up on my library card.

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