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On Tuesday, February 15 at 7:30 at Teaneck Town Hall, the Town Council will have a workshop to consider a resolution to officially refuse to comply with Section 215 of the Patriot Act. On February 8, members of the public, many from outside of Teaneck, spoke out in support of this notion. I have posted my detailed examination of the claims made that night against the Patriot Act, showing how they are either misguided or deceitful. This document has been given to all Teaneck Town Council members in printed form, and is being circulated with the media. A copy can...

...Critics of the Act are not calling for full repeal. Only about a dozen of the 150 provisions need to be reformed.... The two most significant problems are sections 213 and 215. The first authorized the use of delayed-notification search warrants.... The Justice Department often claims that this new statutory "sneak and peek" power is innocuous, because the use of such warrants was commonplace before. Actually, the Patriot Act's sneak and peek authority... was available in terrorism investigations. Courts, however, put specific checks on these warrants: They could only be authorized when notice would threaten life or safety (including witness...

The ALA Library: Terrorist Sanctuary By Paul Walfield FrontPageMagazine.com | May 8, 2003 The American Library Association has signed up for battle in the War on Terrorism; unfortunately, it has signed up to fight the Bush Administration and the USA PATRIOT Act. Siding with civil libertarians against public safety is just the ALA’s most recent leftist act of political defiance. However, this is their most corrosive stance for the well-being of all Americans, undermining and sabotaging public efforts to stave off terrorism..

The ALA Library: Terrorist SanctuaryBy Paul WalfieldFrontPageMagazine.com | May 8, 2003 The American Library Association has signed up for battle in the War on Terrorism; unfortunately, it has signed up to fight the Bush Administration and the USA PATRIOT Act. Siding with civil libertarians against public safety is just the ALA’s most recent leftist act of political defiance. However, this is their most corrosive stance for the well-being of all Americans, undermining and sabotaging public efforts to stave off terrorism..Part of the war on terror is learning how America’s enemies work. It was found that terrorists like to use computer...