"'The number of times [the {"library"} provision] has been used to
date is zero,' Ashcroft said in the memo, which was obtained by The
Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27137-2003Sep17.html
"The next day, at a judiciary committee hearing, Assistant Attorney
General Viet Dinh did throw a bone to librarians, noting that in 'an
informal survey of the field offices,' Justice learned 'that
libraries have been contacted approximately 50 times, based on
articulable suspicion or voluntary calls from librarians regarding
suspicious activity.'"
http://slate.msn.com/id/2087984/

Who's lying at the "Justice" Department?

Maybe Crisco damages brain cells.

"The next day, at a judiciary committee hearing, Assistant Attorney
General Viet Dinh did throw a bone to librarians, noting that in 'an
informal survey of the field offices,' Justice learned 'that
libraries have been contacted approximately 50 times, based on
articulable suspicion or voluntary calls from librarians regarding
suspicious activity.'"
http://slate.msn.com/id/2087984/

"'The number of times [the {"library"} provision] has been used to
date is zero,' Ashcroft said in the memo, which was obtained by The
Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27137-2003Sep17.html

"But the University of Illinois conducted a survey of 1,020 public
libraries in January and February and found that 85 libraries had
been asked by federal or local law enforcement officers for
information about patrons related to Sept. 11, said Ed Lakner,
assistant director of research at the school's Library Research
Center."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002/06/25/fbi-libraries.htm

--
"And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood
boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need
in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused
with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and do it gladly so"
--Julius Caesar



Tim
"Fair and Balanced"