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Primary Text 
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USA PATRIOT ACT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) of 2001

USA Patriot Act: Text from the Electronic Privacy Information System, 10/24/01
Evergreen State College summaries list for the ten titles of the US Patriot Act
Freedom to Read Protection Act

Points of View

Library:  

American Library Association (includes state laws)
Library Law RX.Com by Mary Minnow, a library law consultant
Politicians Senator Bernie Sanders: Position on U.S.A. Patriot Act/Civil Liberties
Senator Russell Feingold D-WI Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on Attorney General Ashcroft's PATRIOT Act Tour Stop in Milwaukee

Associations

American Civil Liberties Union
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Center for Democracy and Technology 
(Includes Patriot Act II)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Privacy Information Center

Academic Institutions

National Freedom of Information Coalition from the Missouri School of Journalism
Taking Back America: USA Patriot Act and Civil Liberties

Opinion

Ashcroft out of Control. Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, 2/28/03. 
The Ideological Librarians:  Rich Lowry, The National Review, 9/22/03
Justice Department Drafts Sweeping Changes to AntiTerrorism Act
from the Center for Public Integrity, 2/7/03
Patriot II:The Sequel Why It's Even Scarier than the First Patriot Act  by Anita Ramasastry from FindLaws Legal Commentary

 

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