September 9, 2005

FBI Seeks Library Data Under Patriot Act, Court Records Show

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

The Federal Bureau of Investigation used a controversial provision of the USA Patriot Act to demand that an unidentified member of the American Library Association disclose records and user information, according to legal documents made public last month.

The unidentified institution -- which could be an organization serving libraries rather than a library -- sought help from the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a complaint challenging the constitutionality of the

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