Sunday, April 13, 2008

ALA and the Patriot Act


In researching for this blog, I came across a snippet from American Libraries in 2006 about the ALA submitting a Freedom of Information Act request on the Patriot Act. They were submitting the request to see if the FBI had been "collecting information on the Association and its leaders as a result of their opposition to certain provisions" of the Act ("ALA plans Patriot Act FOIA request," 2006, p. 5).

I have so many problems with this, I cannot even begin to write them all. But what has this country come to when we're spying on people who speak up when they take issue with something that is a blatant violation of privacy? Is information that scary? I also wanted to know if anyone knows what the outcome of the request was, I can't seem to find anything further (maybe I'm not using the proper search terms)...

*side note- I swear I'm not an angry person. I feel my posts may make me sound that way. These topics just get me fired up! You should hear me go off about parents blaming the media, movies and video games for their child's behavior! :-)


ALA plans Patriot Act FOIA request. (2006, February 1). American Libraries, 37(2), 5.

1 comment:

Arturo Cendales Herrera said...

I'd like to know your opinion about the TLC with Colombia, I'm colombian I'm sad seeing how US goverment treats its friends.