RESOUR> Libraries and the PATRIOT USA Act: A Constitutional Issue
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The PATRIOT USA Act has given rise to much legal and constitutional
discussion in areas of individual rights and in particular in the area of
the privacy rights of individuals in library circles and beyond as
evidenced by the resource links below, many with very recent content.
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Legality Of Patriot Act Questioned:
Some Worry The Law Infringes On Civil Liberties
March 23, 2003
By DIANE STRUZZI, Courant Staff Writer
<http://www.ctnow.com/news/local/
hc-patriotact0320.artmar23,0,3879457.story?coll=hc-headlines-local>
>From Seattle to New Haven, residents, librarians and municipalities are
taking a stand. They're passing resolutions that reaffirm constitutional
rights and take issue with some federal anti-terrorism laws enacted after
the Sept. 11 attacks that they fear infringe on civil liberties.
New Haven and Mansfield in Connecticut have passed such resolutions.
According to a running count maintained by the American Civil Liberties
Union, they are among more than 60 municipalities nationally that have
articulated opposition to several new laws designed to bolster the power
of federal authorities to ferret out terrorists, including the USA
Patriot Act.
Many of the resolutions are being passed in places that are considered
more progressive because they are home to universities and colleges,
including New Haven, where Yale is located, and Mansfield, which is home
to the University of Connecticut.
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USA Patriot Act Resolutions of State Library Associations
<http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/statepatriotresolutions.html>
Related Links:
Resolution on the USA Patriot Act and Related Measures That Infringe on
the Rights of Library Users
USA PATRIOT Act
The USA Patriot Act in the Library
Confidentiality and Coping with Law Enforcement Inquiries: Guidelines for
the Library and its Staff
Resolution Reaffirming the Principles of Intellectual Freedom in the
Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks
State and Regional Library Associations
[Remainder of page lists each state and the status or lack of it for
PATRIOT USA Act Resolutions state by state.]
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Repeal the PATRIOT Act & Anti-War Resolutions: Local Communities Mount
Campaigns
<http://icujp.org/repeal.shtml>
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<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/SECURITYprivacy.html>
This site includes posters that may be used by libraries regarding PATRIOT
USA Act privacy in library use considerations. There are also links to
several key organizations involved with legal and privacy rights of
individuals in information and internet use.
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War on Terror Walkouts
Oakland, Flagstaff City Councils to Vote on Opposition to Patriot Act
Provisions
By Dean Schabner
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/
usapatriot_oakland021217.html>
Dec. 17 Two more cities could join 18 other municipalities around the
country that have questioned whether the USA Patriot Act combats terror at
the expense of Americans' constitutional rights.
[Article also contains "Overview of Changes to Legal Rights" and section
entitled "What Is Reasonable?"]
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USA PATRIOT Act Discussion Resources
<http://www.infopeople.org/bpl/events/patriot_act_resources_march_03.html>
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Library Laws and Legislation - Utah State Library Division
http://library.utah.gov/laws.html
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Connecticut Library Association
>From the President, Karen McNulty
March Connecticut Libraries
Conferences, Rallies & Resolutions
<http://cla.uconn.edu/new/presmesg.html>
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Bill of Rights Defense Committee [Successes]
http://www.bordc.org/Successes.htm
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PATRIOT ACT FACES GRASSROOTS DEFIANCE
By CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Casper Star-Tribune
<http://w3.trib.com/FACT/1st.lev.patriotactrevolt.html>
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Repeal the USA PATRIOT ACT Philadelphia
Resolution to Repeal the USA PATRIOT ACT
Delayed Once Again Due to War on Iraq
<http://www.phillypeace.org/patriotact/>
Although a majority of City Council members support the resolution, the
beginning of the war has created a hesitant atmosphere among politicians
facing re-election this year.
Learn More...
Make Philadelphia a Civil Liberties Safe Zone!
Since the national tragedy of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, the US
government has implemented laws that drastically infringe on every
Americans rights by giving government expanded power to invade privacy,
imprison and deport people without due process, and punish political
dissent.
<http://www.phillypeace.org/patriotact/>
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Library Joint Powers Board Resolution 2003-02
A Resolution on the USA PATRIOT Act and Related Measures that Infringe on
the Rights of Library Users
<http://www.santacruzpl.org/libraryadmin/ljpb/patres.shtml>
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librarian.net : a library weblog
<http://www.librarian.net/>
1mar03
Hi. Okay, librarian.net has some new functionality, an RSS feed with title
tags! I have two feeds now, linked on the left, pick the one that works
the best. Thanks so much to Steven from Library Stuff for helping me get
this working.
Just to show how pervasive the anti-PATRIOT Act fervor has gotten, ALAOIF
has compiled a helpful list of each and every state library association
and what resolutions [if any] they have sponsored against the Act.
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LISNews.com
Librarian and Information Science News
PATRIOT USA Act
<http://www.lisnews.com/?section=Patriot_Act>
True patriot acts
Story Posted by Steven on Sunday March 23 2003, @ 09:49PM -- Read 10
Times.
Support the Freedom to Read Protection Act!
Story Posted by Steven on Thursday March 20 2003, @ 12:23PM -- Read 122
Times.
Anger as CIA Homes in on New Target: Library Users
Story Posted by Blake on Tuesday March 18 2003, @ 11:04AM -- Read 94
Times.
from the And-Librarians dept.
Feds can access your reading lists
Story Posted by Steven on Friday March 14 2003, @ 05:25PM -- Read 87
Times.
Rep. John W. Olver pushes change to Patriot Act
Story Posted by Blake on Monday March 10 2003, @ 03:44PM -- Read 108
Times.
from the When-Push-Comes-To-Shove dept.
Libraries post Patriot Act warnings
Story Posted by Steven on Monday March 10 2003, @ 08:00AM -- Read 117
Times.
Congressman Sanders Introduces Patriot Act Amendment
Story Posted by Steven on Saturday March 08 2003, @ 09:08AM -- Read 102
Times.
Librarians as FBI Extension Agents
Story Posted by Blake on Thursday March 06 2003, @ 01:15PM -- Read 206
Times.
from the Prostrate-to-the-Patriot-Act dept.
Library Changes Policy over Release of User Information
Story Posted by Blake on Thursday March 06 2003, @ 03:58AM -- Read 85
Times.
from the To-Err-Is-Human dept.
Warning signs to be posted at libraries
Story Posted by Blake on Wednesday March 05 2003, @ 12:41PM -- Read 109
Times.
from the chilling-effect dept.
Defending the Bill of Rights
Story Posted by Blake on Tuesday March 04 2003, @ 08:44PM -- Read 114
Times.
from the lose-sight dept.
Nation reporter exposes "Patriot Act's Big Brother"
Story Posted by Karl on Tuesday March 04 2003, @ 05:36PM -- Read 178
Times.
from the scary-stuff,-kids dept.
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Activists rise against Patriot Act
By DIANE DIETZ
The Register-Guard
<http://www.registerguard.com/news/2002/10/20/
1c.cr.patriotact.1020.html>
Patriot fears
Concerns about the Patriot Act are wide-ranging, probably because the act
restricts citizen rights in 350 subject areas involving 40 federal
agencies, an analysis by the Associated Press found.
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft also has extended federal powers in a
number of ways, including the ability to conduct surveillance on domestic
religious and political groups.
Under the Patriot Act, police can arrest and hold indefinitely American
citizens suspected of terrorism, which critics say violates their
constitutionally guaranteed right to a speedy and public trial.
Immigrants have been arrested and held without disclosing their
identities, said David Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon chapter
of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The detainees aren't allowed to call their families, their attorneys or
their embassies, Fidanque said. That's in violation of the Vienna
Convention, he said, "not to mention the Freedom of Information Act and
the First Amendment."
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The USA PATRIOT Act and American Libraries
by Robin Rice
<http://www.libr.org/ISC/articles/16-Rice.html>
Ambrose Bierce, in his entry under Patriotism in his Devil's Dictionary
(1881-1906), wrote: "In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is
defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an
enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the
first."
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American Library Association
Government Documents Roundtable
Important Legislation/Issues in the 108th Congress
<http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/GODORT/legislation/>
USA PATRIOT Act & Related Anti-Terror Legislation
"Domestic Surveillance Oversight Act of 2003" [S.436]
"FBI Oversight in the 107th Congress by the Senate Judiciary Committee:
FISA Implementation Failures" [February 2003]
"Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act" (The
Center for Public Integrity Special Report, February 7, 2003) [Includes a
draft copy of the legislation, dated January 9, 2003.]
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT
Act (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, January 22,
2003)
Letter to Senator Patrick Leahy from Assistant Attorney General Daniel J.
Bryant, December 23, 2002 [provided by the Federation of American
Scientists]
Letter to Senator Patrick Leahy from Assistant Attorney General Daniel J.
Bryant, December 23, 2002 [provided by the Federation of American
Scientists]
Letter to Senator Russell Feingold from Assistant Attorney General Daniel
J. Bryant, December 23, 2002 [provided by the Federation of American
Scientists]
For more information, please see Important Legislation/Issues in Previous
Congresses: Access to Government Information, Government
Secrecy/Information Security, Anti-Terrorism Legislation
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PBS Online News Hour
THE PATRIOT ACT
February 24, 2003
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/patriot_2-24.html>
Tom Bearden takes a look at how civil liberties are faring in the war on
terrorism.
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The Epistolary Pulpit
March 23, 2003 07:34:50 EST by Rob Carlson
USA Patriot Act
<http://epistolary.org/552.html>
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Resolutions Opposing the Patriot Act
Other Patriot Act Commentary
<http://oregonstate.edu/groups/f4pj/pjpatact.html>
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Hot Topics: Government Publications Department
[Indiana University Libraries]
Terrorist Attack on the United States
<http://www.indiana.edu/~libgpd/terrorist_attack.html>
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Journalists Toolbox
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
<http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/fed.html>
Last Update: Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Related Toolbox Pages: Special Report: Terrorist Attacks State Government
Politics Business Science
Page Index: Legislative Executive Branch Judicial Branch Locate Agencies
Investigative/Campaign Finance U.S. Census International Government Sites
Miscellaneous Govt. Sites Space/NASA
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Patriot Act Blog:
<http://www.umsl.edu/~jjg59f/blog/>
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Google Web Directory
Directories
Society > Issues > Warfare and Conflict > Specific Conflicts > War on
Terrorism > Directories
<http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/
Specific_Conflicts/War_on_Terrorism/Directories/?il=1>
Related Categories:
Society > Issues > Terrorism > Incidents > September 11, 2001 >
Directories (6)
Society > Issues > Warfare and Conflict > Specific Conflicts > Iraq >
Directories (3)
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I hope that this list of resources will prove useful to those concerned
about the issues and problems raised in the library community and beyond
regarding the rights of individuals under the Bill of Rights and in
particular the privacy rights of citizens under the Constitution by the
enactment and enforcement of the PATRIOT USA Act.
Sincerely,
David Dillard Research Librarian
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ECP RingLeader
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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