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Response to Patriot Act Vote

Submitted by David Dodd, Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair 2004-2005

Speaking on behalf of the CLA Intellectual Freedom Committee, which has long opposed section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, I am happy to see our Congress being willing to stand up to the President and to the FBI and other entities pressing for a trade-off of our civil liberties vs. our safety and security. The fact that Congress voted in favor of curtailing the authority of the FBI to seize library, bookstore, and hotel records by such a large margin, and that so many Republicans were willing to buck the party line to vote their conscience, is a huge victory for Intellectual Freedom. Particularly encouraging was the statement by Robert Ney, Republican from Ohio, who said that he "talked to my libraries, and they felt very strongly about this." We have a voice, and we are being heard.

Posted on June 20, 2005 2:09 PM |

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