[Ramius]

Honest question here:

Why do people think that checking out a book from the library is some kind of "private" protected information? I haven't been to a library for a while, but it used to be, anyway, that all you had to do to see who's checked out a particular book was to look at the card glued inside the cover. Since when has this been "private" information?

[Deb]

Beats me.

But I think the main concerns are the computers in libraries, because one or more of the 9/11 terrorists used library and internet cafe computers to communicate with each other. Of course, the ACLU and their supporters are trying to make it more about books and the huge invasion of privacy it is to know when Ahmet checks out flight plans or bomb-making library books.

Look at the posts of people on this thread who have allowed themselves to be convinced they are somehow threatened by this. Insanity.