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Informationen zum Autor Herbert N. Foerstel is the former Head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland, board member of the Freedom to Read Foundation, and editor of Maryland Library Association's newspaper. He is the author of many books on free press issues, including Refuge of a Scoundrel: The Patriot Act in Libraries (Libraries Unlimited, 2004) and Killing the Messenger: Journalists at Risk in Modern Warfare (Praeger, 2006). Klappentext This easy-to-use core reference takes on the biggest issue of our day: freedom of speech in post-9/11 America. No issue is more important to Americans-and especially to librarians-than the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is one of the longest, broadest, most sweeping pieces of legislation in American history. It introduced a vast edifice of domestic surveillance that has defined the post-9/11 world. But the legislation itself is so massive and technical that both supporters and critics have been free to interpret it loosely and in partisan fashion. Supporters of the Patriot Act believe that 9/11 irreversibly changed American politics and law enforcement, forcing every citizen to cede some traditional civil liberties in order to protect the nation from terrorism. Critics respond that many provisions of the Patriot Act were simply resurrected from old FBI wish lists, having no relevance to the war on terror and providing little security in exchange for precious liberties. This book will not silence the raging debate over the Patriot Act, but by presenting relevant source documents, analyzed and placed in context, it may provide a more reliable basis for the ongoing debate. Zusammenfassung Critics respond that many provisions of the Patriot Act were simply resurrected from old FBI wish lists! having no relevance to the war on terror and providing little security in exchange for precious liberties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Reader's Guide to Documents and Sidebars Foreword by Sanford Berman Preface Introduction 1. The Library Awareness Program: Precursor to the USA PATRIOT Act FBI Visit to Columbia University Makes Front-Page News FBI Assistant Director James H. Geer Describes Library Awareness Program Congress Condemns Library Awareness Program as the FBI Defends It Critics of Library Awareness Program Go Public but Suffer Consequences State Confidentiality Laws as Bulwark against Library Surveillance 2. The Legislative Response to 9/11: Conceived under Siege, Passed in Haste After 9/11, President Bush Addresses the Nation and Congress Pledges Solidarity Removing Restraints from FISA and Other Surveillance Statutes Congressional Bill Hijacked by the Justice Department Limited Debate Threatens Constitutionality of Patriot Act After the Votes Are Cast, the Battle Lines Are Drawn 3. The USA PATRIOT Act: The Bill That Defined America's Domestic War on Terrorism The USA PATRIOT Act Sharing Investigative Information Sneak and Peek: Secret Search Warrants Seizing "Any Tangible Things": Section 215 of the Patriot Act Detention of Suspected Terrorists A New Definition of Terrorism 4. Domestic Surveillance under the Patriot Act Searches and Seizures under the Patriot Act Gag Orders Impede Documentation of Patriot Act Surveillance Library Surveys Reveal FBI Surveillance Attorney General John Ashcroft Ridicules Charges of Library Surveillance Preparing for FBI Visits to Libraries 5. Detention, Deportation, Exclusion, and Expropriation Sacrificing Their Liberty for Our Security Deportation and Exclusion under the Patriot Act Interrogation and Detention of Immigrants Seizing Assets under the Patriot Act Measuring Patriot Act Success: Harassing Aliens or Catching Terrorists? 6. Congressional Oversight of the Patriot Act Congress Includes Oversight Requirements in the Patriot Act S...
