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Refuge of a scoundrel : the Patriot Act in libraries
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Refuge of a scoundrel : the Patriot Act in libraries

Author: Herbert N Foerstel
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Herbert N Foerstel
ISBN: 1591581397 9781591581390
OCLC Number: 53814001
Description: xiv, 218 p. : forms ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Herbert N. Foerstel.

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