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Government Allows Lifting of Librarian Gag Order in Patriot Act Investigation

Follow-up to previous postings on a Connecticut library oranization that was the target of a National Security Letter gag ordered, today the New York Times reported, Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law: “After fighting ferociously for months, federal prosecutors relented yesterday and agreed to allow a Connecticut library group to identify itself as the recipient of a secret F.B.I. demand for records in a counterterrorism investigation.”

  • ACLU: With Patriot Act Debate Over, Government Drops Fight to Gag Librarians From Discussing Objections to Controversial Law
  • Library Journal: Gag Order on “John Doe” Lifted, But Only After Patriot Act Passes
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