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Public Remains Concerned With Privacy and Patriot Act

At a presentation today titled, “They Want Your Secrets: Personal Information Privacy in the Post-9/11 World, during the Emerging Issues in National and International Security conference, Valerie Caproni, General Counsel of the FBI stated in reference to issues concerning Section 215 of the Patriot Act, “We don’t like the fact that librarians are upset…While their concerns are held very much in good faith, they are misplaced.” [GovExec.com]

  • Related news: Opponents of Patriot Act Push to Change Parts of Law [referenced in this article, the alliance called Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances] and from the New York Times on March 23, Coalition Forms to Oppose Parts of Antiterrorism Law
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