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reading over your shoulder Post date  06.16.2005, 9:09 AM

A particularly offensive section of the Patriot Act was slapped down yesterday in Congress. From Reuters:

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday defied President Bush by approving a measure making it harder for federal agents to secretly gather information on people's library reading habits and bookstore purchases.

Posted by ben vershbow at June 16, 2005 09:09 AM
tags: Libraries, Search and the Web

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