Judge rules in favor of ACLU in Patriot Act case, lifts gag order
Yahoo! News
09/10/05
A federal judge has lifted a gag order that shielded the identity of librarians who received an FBI demand for records about library patrons under the Patriot Act. U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued that the gag order prevented their client from participating in a debate over whether Congress should reauthorize the Patriot Act. "Clearly the judge recognized it was profoundly undemocratic to gag a librarian from participating in the Patriot Act debate," said ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson...
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050910/ap_on_re_us/patriot_act_records_8
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
09/10/05
A federal judge has lifted a gag order that shielded the identity of librarians who received an FBI demand for records about library patrons under the Patriot Act. U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued that the gag order prevented their client from participating in a debate over whether Congress should reauthorize the Patriot Act. "Clearly the judge recognized it was profoundly undemocratic to gag a librarian from participating in the Patriot Act debate," said ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson...
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050910/ap_on_re_us/patriot_act_records_8
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 12. Sep, 11:16
