Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:46:11 -0800
From: Scott Frederick <scott451@gmx.co.uk>
Subject: [KCUTS] RESOURCES: USA PATRIOT Act Responses
Hello Kootenaycuts,
Pasted below are some links on the US Patriot Act and it's impact on
free speech/privacy. Canada has passed similar legislation.
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I believe as the growth of terrorism and of war spawned by terrorist
acts spreads to a widening number of areas of the world, this growth
of violent activities is accompanied by much more intense pressures to
limit access to published material and information sources that could
be used by terrorists or others for military actions or acts of
violence. This may lead to censorship and laws that permit
investigation of what "suspicious" people are reading or using in the
way of information sources. Constitutional principles of privacy and
freedom of information access and speech may be violated in this
process. This posting that arose as an answer to a question on another
discussion group provides links to sources that question these
outcomes of legislation in the United States known as the USA Patriot
Act. The message also has links to related sites that consider a range
of recent Federal Government acts that impact information as well as
sites that link to a variety of sources related to sources that have
to do with events and organizations that were involved in the
environment out of which the USA Patriot Act was created as a law.
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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:17:27 -0500
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@astro.ocis.temple.edu>
Subject: Re: USA PATRIOT Act Responses?
This may not be what you had in mind regarding responses to the USA
PATRIOT Act, but these websites may be useful to you and others on this
discussion group. At the end I have provided a Google and Alltheweb
search strategy for state library associations as per the original
question. Here are some more general documents regarding the USA PATRIOT
Act and the implications for libraries and intellectual freedom.
Opposition to USA Patriot Act Is Growing
November 14, 2002
By Chris Finan, ABFFE President
<http://news.bookweb.org/freeexpression/943.html>
The link below is just plain interesting and brief
[PPT]Illinois Public Libraries Responses to 9/11
<http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~leighe/02PLA.ppt>
Anti-Terrorism Legislation,
Homeland Security, and Related Issues
<http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/ATL.html>
USA PATRIOT ACT LETTER
Vermont Library Association
Adopted: October 21, 2002
<http://www.vermontlibraries.org/patriot.html>
Privacy and Library Records Update: USA Patriot Act from Infopeople
webcast August 15, 2002
<http://www.librarylaw.com/Patriotbib.htm>
[There is a very substantial group of links in this document.]
TAKE ACTION! SEND A MESSAGE
Public Hearings on USAPA Now!
Electronic Frontiers Foundation
<http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=1644>
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Security vs. Open Records
IRE is gathering recent stories and links about access to public
information in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Please contact IRE at
carolyn@ire.org to add information to this page.
IRE Director Brant Houston discusses the destruction of public
documents to keep information out of the hands of terrorists and the
risks of violating the right to public access.
[and much more linked from this website]
<http://www.ire.org/related/records.html>
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U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on the Judiciary
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman
_______________________________________
http://www.house.gov/judiciary
News Advisory
For Immediate Release Contact: Jeff Lungren/Terry Shawn
October 17, 2002
202-225-2492
Sensenbrenner Statement and Release of Justice Departments Answers to
USA-PATRIOT Act Oversight Questions
<http://www.house.gov/judiciary/news101702.htm>
Terrorism Information and Prevention System (TIPS)
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SEC. 880. PROHIBITION OF THE TERRORISM INFORMATION AND PREVENTION
SYSTEM. Any and all activities of the Federal Government to implement
the proposed component program of the Citizen Corps known as Operation
TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System) are hereby
prohibited. The USA Patriot Act FBI in Your Library Intellectual
Freedom Alerts An ACLU news release on the Total Information Awareness
program <http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/tips.html>
OPERATION TIPS"? YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT?
BOOKSELLER WARNS CUSTOMERS: PAY BY CASH OR CHECK ONLY
BOOKS BY THE BAY TOMORROW IN SAN FRANCISCO
LETTERS
<http://www.holtuncensored.com/members/column336.html>
Thought Police
Big Brother may be watching what you read.
By Eleanor J. Bader
<http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/26/news1.shtml>
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Patriot Games
The USA PATRIOT Acts implications for advancement
Charitable solicitation has changed in many ways since the terrorist
attacks on the United States: Campuses voluntarily postponed phonathons,
revamped their calling lists, and altered scripts to reflect their
sensitivity to affected alumni and their responses to the tragedy.
These and other changes are likely to prove temporary, but the White House
and Congress have enacted a host of proposals that will permanently alter
regulations governing charitable solicitation in the United States. Many
education development officers have voiced concerns about a specific
last-minute provision added to the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, an
anti-terrorism bill that President George W. Bush signed into law in
October. Although the new law may seem burdensome at first glance, it
actually has few implications for education fund raising.
<http://www.case.org/currents/2002/February/advance.cfm>
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Sen. Feingold on campaign to hold Ashcroft to constitutional standards
By ROBYN E BLUMNER St. Petersburg Times, published August 18, 2002
<http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/18/news_pf/Columns/
Sen_Feingold_on_campa.shtml>
How Can We Justify This?
by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio)
<http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Ljustify.htm>
In Addition to the PATRIOT ACT, This Document Gives an Overall List of
Issues of Concern to Libraries in the Current Administration from the
perspective of one library related organization:
Important Legislation/Issues in the 108th Congress
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/GODORT/legislation/
And here is another such list from another library related
organization:
ARL Activities Report 2002
September 2002
Updates the 2002 ARL Program Plan
<http://www.arl.org/arl/activities/2002/fed.html>
This is a useful and compact list of links regarding September 11,
2001
Attack on America
September 11, 2001
<http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/hspls/attack.html>
New reading on the "Patriot Act"
http://www.libr.org/Juice/issues/vol5/LJ_5.8.html#7
[Provides several links]
Loyola University Chicago Cudahy Library Government Documents Section
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Terrorist Attack: September 11, 2001 and U.S. Military Action updated
January 6, 2003 [Another very useful collection of links on terrorism
and related issues]
<http://homepages.luc.edu/~mnapora/terrorism.html>
PDF]NCES and the Patriot Act: An Early Appraisal of Facts and Issues
http://www.uwm.edu/~margo/govstat/jsm.pdf
State Privacy Laws Regarding Library Records
<http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/stateprivacylaws.html>
and this related page with a broader list of links
Recent Additions to the Site
<http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/newif.html>
More nitty-gritty documents may be found using this search
"USA PATRIOT Act" and "state library associations"
using these search engines
http://www.google.com
http://www.alltheweb.com
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%
22USA+PATRIOT+Act%22+and+%22state+library+associations%
22&btnG=Google+Search>
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=utf-8&q=%22USA+
PATRIOT+Act%22+and+%22state+library+associations%22&_sb_lang=en
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I hope that these resources will help with some of the information about
and responses to the implications for libraries of the PATRIOT Act.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@astro.temple.edu
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Best regards,
Scott mailto:scott451@gmx.co.uk
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