random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
  As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined to superstition, it is proper not to oppose them... Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

tagged: religion, bread and circuses
  —Napoleon Bonaparte

« prev ("the death penalty & tookie williams")
("Nintendo Threatens Cancer Researchers") next »

radical militant librarians

Thursday, December 15th, 2005 9:45 am

One internal F.B.I. message, sent in October 2003, criticized the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review at the Justice Department, which reviews and approves terrorist warrants, as regularly blocking requests from the F.B.I. to use a section of the antiterrorism law that gave the bureau broader authority to demand records from institutions like banks, Internet providers and libraries.

“While radical militant librarians kick us around, true terrorists benefit from OIPR’s failure to let us use the tools given to us,” read the e-mail message, which was sent by an unidentified F.B.I. official. “This should be an OIPR priority!!!”

[seen on Riba Rambles]

algorithmically similar posts:

» fantastic library pork, 2005-08-18 (score:20)
» librarians on film, 2007-05-18 (score:15)
» ip/tech news & really stupid & annoying republicans, 2005-04-28 (score:15)
» oclc will take member feedback on catalog records policy change, 2009-01-14 (score:13)

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 15th, 2005 at 9:45 am and is tagged libraries . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. 496 views.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.