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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Justice Dept admits it snoops on library Internet use



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Date sent:      	Tue, 21 Jan 2003 00:53:18 -0500
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: Justice Dept admits it snoops on library Internet use
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DOJ Confirms FBI Agents Snoop in Libraries
G-men Learn Terror Suspects' Reading and Computer Habits

By James Gordon Meek
L.A. Daily Journal Staff Writer

Jan. 6, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice has confirmed in a letter to
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats that FBI agents have snooped
around public libraries to learn the reading and Internet-surfing
habits of suspected terrorists.

          But in a letter provided to the Daily Journal, government
officials assured outgoing committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt.,
that fears of civil liberties violations as a result of a recent
anti-terrorism law have been overblown.

          "Information has been sought from libraries on a voluntary
          basis
and under traditional law enforcement authorities not related to the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or the changes brought about by
the USA PATRIOT Act," Assistant Attorney General Daniel J. Bryant
wrote in the Dec. 23 letter. [...]

[...]

          "Various offices followed up on leads concerning e-mail and
Internet use information about specific hijackers from computers in
public libraries," the letter said.

[...]




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