June 9, 2006

Library Group Tells the Story of a Gag Order by the FBI

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Conn. organization received a Patriot Act demand for patrons' records

Four officials of a Connecticut library organization stepped forward last week to describe what they said was a harrowing experience — receiving a secret order from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that required them to turn over library patrons' records without telling anyone.

In a meeting with reporters at a news conference here, the four officials confirmed that it was their organization,

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