20 Jan
2006
20 Jan
'06
1:54 p.m.
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I've been reading the story about the business of
Justice subpoenaing the
search records from Google for a week last summer. Google doesn't want to
turn them over, but should they lose their appeal, why not turn the data
over in the form of punched cards?
Not just Google.
From an FBI email obtained through FOIA: "The
inability of FBI
investigators to use this seemingly effective tool has had a direct
and
clearly adverse impact on our terrorism cases. While radical militant
librarians kick us around, true terrorists benefit from OIPR's failure to
let us use the tools given to us."
ALA's (American Library Association)'s Office of Intellectual Freedom
is selling "Radical Militant Librarian" buttons for $2.00 with
proceeds supporting the OIF's work.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/basicrelatedlinks/radicalbutton.htm