[WEB4LIB] RE: FBI to monitor libraries

[Charles P. Hobbs]

Duimovich, George wrote:

>>>You live in another country, one I might add which values order over 
>>>liberty and does not provide the federal protections of the United 
>>>States.  So why are you carrying on about the FBI
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>I simply provided a reference to an important review relevant to the thread
>topic. That I am Canadian is irrelevant, as is your comment on Canada
>valueing "..order over liberty.." since the news item and topic being
>discussed concerns your country not ours...
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>As for a Canadian commenting, it should be noted that we are in fact deeply
>influenced by what happens in the U.S. and any legislative program
>implemented in the U.S. will be closely watched (and possibly copied
>here...) Further, the FBI works closely with Canadian counterparts, and the
>implications should be obvious.
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I was at Internet Librarian in Washington DC a few months ago, and there 
was a Canadian librarian there,
who claimed that they were removing certain materials from  university 
libraries upon request from American
law-enforcement agencies (FBI, etc...)

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Charles P. Hobbs
King Drew Health Science Library
http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl