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Refuge of a Scoundrel The Patriot Act in Libraries
Herbert N. Foerstel
ISBN: 1-59158-139-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-139-0
232 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 1/30/2004
List Price: $40.00 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Discount Price: $20.00 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The USA Patriot Act may be the most complex and controversial federal statute in American history, argued to undercut American civil liberties in countless ways, including a dramatic extension of domestic surveillance. Providing a broad picture of how the new surveillance powers affect all Americans—citizens and non-citizens alike—the lessons of this book will be relevant to any businesses that maintain personnel records and electronic data that were considered confidential before the Patriot Act, as well as a broad range of individuals, including librarians, bookstore owners, students, scholars, journalists, businessmen, and anyone concerned with American civil liberties.

Informative appendices include the historic University of Illinois survey of public library surveillance since September 11, 2001, and copies of some of the standard court orders that may be served to libraries and bookstores.
Table of Contents:
  • A Recent History of Library Surveillance
    The USA Patriot Act
    The Patriot Act in Libraries and Bookstores
    Making Things Worse: Government Actions Beyond the Patriot Act
    Fighting Back: Responses to the Patriot Act
    Appendix A: Public Libraries and Civil Liberties-- Questionnaire
    Appendix B: U.S. Attorney Preservation Demand Letter
    Appendix C: U.S. District Court ECPA Order with Schedule
    Appendix D: U.S. District Court Subpoena in a Criminal Case
    Appendix E: U.S. District Court Search Warrant
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is former Head of Branch Libraries, University of Maryland, College Park, and currently serves on the advisory boards of the Freedom to Read Foundation and the National Security Archive. He has authored nine books on First Amendment topics and numerous articles and reviews, the most recent of which was the review of the four-volume set, Censorship: A World Encyclopedia for the Journal of Information Ethnics. Among his previous publications: Freedom of Information and the Right to Know: The Origins and Applications of the Freedom of Information Act (1999), From Watergate to Monicagate: Ten Controversies in Modern Journalism and Media (2001), and Banned in the Media: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries, revised and expanded edition (2002).
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