The Chronicle of Higher Education

Organization That Received Patriot Act Letter May Identify Itself in Public, Judge Rules

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

A Connecticut organization that received an order from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to turn over the records of library patrons should be allowed to identify itself publicly, a federal judge ruled on Friday. The FBI issued the order under a provision of the USA Patriot Act, a controversial law intended...

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