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FBI Says ACLU’s Victory Claim Disingenuous
Stop The ACLU ^ | 27-Jun-06 | John Stephenson

Posted on 06/27/2006 1:13:27 PM PDT by Jay777

At the ACLU's website we are hearing the shouts of "victory" over the FBI!

The American Civil Liberties Union today declared victory in their legal battle with the FBI over a Connecticut library group's right to keep patron records private. After dropping their vehement defense of the gag provision accompanying the request, the FBI has now abandoned the demand all together.

"First the government abandoned the gag order that would have silenced four librarians for the rest of their lives, and now they've abandoned their demand for library records entirely," said Ann Beeson, Associate Legal Director of the ACLU. "While the government's real motives in this case have been questionable from the beginning, their decision to back down is a victory not just for librarians but for all Americans who value their privacy."

To the ACLU this is a victory for that precious "right" to privacy for the ACLU against the "questionable" motives of the FBI. That is the way those that live in ACLU land see things. Of course there is always more than one perspective to the story. Here's is how the FBI responded.

(Excerpt) Read more at stoptheaclu.com ...


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KEYWORDS: aclu; fbi; patriotact; privacy
It is disingenuous for the ACLU to suggest that preventing the FBI from obtaining information about who used a computer to send information about a potential terrorist threat during a 45 minute period constitutes “a victory not just for librarians but for all Americans who value their privacy.”

John Miller Assistant Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

1 posted on 06/27/2006 1:13:29 PM PDT by Jay777
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Ping!
2 posted on 06/27/2006 1:15:17 PM PDT by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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3 posted on 06/27/2006 1:34:04 PM PDT by Gritty (By now it's undeniable: The New York Times is a national security threat. - Heather MacDonald)
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To: Jay777
One thing's for darn sure....the 9th Century kuckledraggers will never,*ever* bomb ACLU Headquarters.

Or DNC Headquarters,for that matter.

4 posted on 06/27/2006 3:58:14 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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