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Re: Questions that didn't used to be sinister



In a message dated 11/29/01 11:06:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, traister@POBOX.UPENN.EDU writes:


Efforts to defend liberty by curtailing it are currently in vogue, it
would seem.


I personally don't see where any liberty is being curtailed. Rather what is being done is what is expected during wartime. Based upon some of the reasoning put forth in the press/media lately one could assume that if we had an operation like Ultra/Purple in place then that information should be freely available

>>As
determined by whom? On what procedural grounds? With what authority? With what ability for review and correction?
<<


all to be determined at the time it occurs. In tomorrow's RAIN report there will be a story concerning the availability of California birth records to the general public. No one has all the answers right now, nor do we know what the future will be like.


>>There is a reason why ALA protests tracking and reporting what library users read<<


and what would that be? IF ALA is so adamant against tracking what users read then from a records management standpoint the information should be retained only until the materials are returned to the facility. And yet I doubt if that is what is being done. If tracking is such a heinous activity then why must one check books out of a library? why must one register for a library card? I don't remember any hue and cry being raised when a federal appointee's video store records were being brought forth for review.


Yes we the public should have access to public records but at some point shouldn't there be a checkpoint somewhere. An honest person will at least answer honestly as to why they need the records.


Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
pakurilecz@aol.com