PATRIOT Watch: Speaking of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Justice Department has released their report saying there were exactly zero cases of civil liberty infringement or civil rights abuses related to USAPA.
Category: usapa
it’s a start
PATRIOT WATCH: Part of the PATRIOT Act, not a large part, not a library part, but a part, has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge.
woo hoo, now THAT’s a can of whoopass!!
Eli and Karen also alerted me to the CLA and ACLU’s new joint PATRIOT-bashing venture. Oh hell, I’ll just include it… making a radical departure from my usual no-graphics policy. Go fetch the image yourself, please don’t link directly to this one.
![[don't you just hate it when someone reads over your shoulder... especially when that someone is the justice department]](https://www.librarian.net/pics/acluclaad.jpg)
stealth librarian
PATRIOT Watch: Want to give your patrons absolute privacy when they surf? Try ECM Stealth, patrons leave no trace. I got this link in email and I know nothing else about this product, except the larger website it is on seems sort of empty. Anyone else know anything else about it?
while you were sleeping
PATRIOT Watch: You were probably like me thinking “what ever happened to PATRIOT II, it sure dropped off the face of the earth quickly…” Well, turns out that several provisions of USAPA II were rolled into Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal 2004. All Republicans but 15 voted for this. Some enterprising bloggers have decided to try to reward these congressmen for breaking with tradition and doing the right thing. In my world, that’s what my mother called “paying you to stay out of jail” but it is an interesting idea. [explolibrary]