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Judith Krug, director of intellectual freedom for the American Library Association, wears a button that reads 'another 'hysteric' librarian for freedom' as she talks to reporters Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004 at the Public Library Association National Meeting in Seattle. Krug was speaking out against aspects of the Patriot Act that can potentially give the government access to bookstore and library records. The button refers to a speech in September of 2003 where Attorney General
John Ashcroft (news - web sites) refered to claims by the ACLU and library associations that the Patriot Act allows the FBI (news - web sites) to snoop into Americans' reading habits as
'baseless hysteria.' (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A sign in the window of Arundel Books in Seattle Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004 shows Uncle Sam and reads
'Your First Amendment needs you!' Arudel owner Phillip Bevis is opposed to aspects of the Patriot Act that can potentially give the government access to bookstore and library records. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)