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“We're From the Government and We're Here to Help You”. Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2006

David Rogers
Affiliation:
2089 Conway Lane, Aurora, IL 60504, USA

Abstract

The USA PATRIOT Act (“Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act”) has been troubling for libraries of all types, writes Dave Rogers, and recent legislation to renew provisions have brought the debate on balancing security and personal freedom to the foreground. The article contains an annotated bibliography.

Type
Articles
Copyright
2006 The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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