The 'Freedom to Read Protection Act'
Calling all bookstore owners....
From Durango, Colorado to Vermont, bookshop owners like Pete and Andrea of Maria's Books are participating in a petition drive to garner Congressional support for the Freedom to Read Protection Act. Even the Durango public library is making petitions available to patrons.
The bill, introduced March 6 by Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., seeks to overturn powers granted to federal investigators by Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Under that provision, terrorism investigators can obtain customer-purchase and library-usage records, and monitor Internet traffic at public computer terminals without notification or a court order. A similar bill has been introduced in the Senate.
So far the bill has 117 sponsors, only 13 of whom are Republicans.
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