FBI Visits Your Local Library
[Ed. Note: "The FBI is visiting libraries nationwide and checking the reading records of people it suspects of having ties to terrorists or plotting an attack," library officials say. Which is exactly the sort of thing Hitlers’s Gestapo did in Germany and we stand aside and allow it—why? Because the watch dogs are not barking! Since the 911 story we were given in the media was a scam of 911. (See the six 911 videos we offer.) We can see more draconian steps to monitor you. The big watch dogs are supposed to be "60 Minutes" "Dateline" and "20/20". But when have you ever heard them bark about things that would go against the globalist agenda?]
(5) "The FBI effort, authorized by the antiterrorism law enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, is the first broad government check of library records since the 1970s when prosecutors reined in the practice for fear of abuses.
The Justice Department and FBI declined to comment Monday, except to note that such searches are now legal under the Patriot Act that President Bush signed last October.
Libraries across the nation were reluctant to discuss their dealings with the FBI. The same law that makes the searches legal also makes it a criminal offense for libraries to reveal the details or extent.
‘The University of Illinois conducted a survey of 1,020 public libraries in January and February and found that 85 libraries had been asked by federal or local law enforcement officers for information about patrons related to Sept. 11,’ said Ed Lakner, assistant director of research at the school’s Library Research Center.
The libraries that reported FBI contacts were nearly all in large urban areas.
Judith Krug, the American Library Association’s director for intellectual freedom, said the FBI was treading on the rights it is supposed to be upholding.
‘It’s unfortunate because these records and this information can be had with so little reason or explanation,’ Krug said. ‘It’s super secret and anyone who wants to talk about what the FBI did at their library faces prosecution. That has nothing to do with patriotism... People are scared and they think that by giving up their rights, especially their right to privacy, they will be safe. But it wasn’t the right to privacy that let terrorists into our nation. It has nothing to do with libraries or library records.’"
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