Sunday, August 3, 2008

FBI seizes library computers without a warrant

It's not easy being a library these days.

The public library in Frederick, Maryland, has found itself the target of several FBI actions in recent years. Usually the FBI comes along with a court order demanding records.

But this time, the FBI seized the library's public computers without any court order or warrant (despite being required by law to obtain one).

Who knows what this is about? Maybe it is about a serious case, but I doubt it. Even if it was, it still wouldn't make a warrantless seizure legal. The seizure of the computers probably came about because some right-wing exurbanite looked over someone's shoulder while they were on the computer and saw a rilly, rilly bad word like 'naked'.

(Source: http://wtopnews.com/?nid=598&sid=1452848)

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