Hi. My law school boyfriend went to a lunchtime presentation on the PATRIOT Act yesterday with the director of the local ACLU and the US Attorney for the District of Vermont. Two interesting things were learned from the attorney. One, the upshot of his discussion was “you people need to trust us. If you don’t trust [FISA] judges, why are you in law school?”. Two, he claims the DoJ only reads the headers of people’s email to look for ne’er-do-wells. This isn’t great news, but it IS news.
Author: jessamyn
old skool represent
Steven Cohen wrote a great article on the New School library bloggers for Public Libraries Magazine and they let him reprint it on the web.
been dreaming about the library? who isn’t?
If you’ve been dreaming about the library, Abigail from Libronaut wants to know about it. She’s collecting library dreams.
assface say what?
Interestingly, Ashcroft did not used to be quite so uppity about the government’s right to be able to spy on everyone. When Clinton was the one alleged to be doing the spying he was quite indignant.
In order to guarantee that the United States meets the challenge of this new means of commerce, communication, and education, government must be careful not to interfere. We should not harness the Internet with a confusing array of intrusive regulations and controls. [thanks daniel]
if wishes were horses
There are exactly two Amazon wishlists that I like: one is not mine, and the other is not exactly mine.