Remember that little dust-up a few days ago when it was revealed that our dear leader had exaggerated (by, oh, a factor of ten) the number of prosecutions of terrorism resulting from the Patriot Act?
Well, they've been caught at it again. Tomorrow's New York Times has an article about an American Library Association study on
how frequently federal, state and local agents are demanding records from libraries. . . . the data suggested that investigators were seeking information from libraries far more frequently than Bush administration officials had acknowledged.
How frequently and in what circumstances? Enough to make you queasy. Will it be enough to stop the renewal of one of the most noisome elements of the Patriot Act? That remains to be seen. But the evidence is irrefutable--even by the White House.
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