[TyrionXavier]

A bill to modify the USA PATRIOT Act that would have blocked part of the legislation's provisions that allow for the investigation of people's reading habits was defeated by a 210-210 vote in the U.S House of Representives. The House leaders kept the roll call open for 23 minutes past the 15 minute deadline to persuade 10 Representatives to change votes. According to the article 'Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., said he switched his initial "yes" vote to "no" after being shown Justice Department documents asserting that terrorists have communicated over the Internet via public library computers.' On the other hand, 'Critics of the Patriot Act argued that even without it, investigators can get book store and other records simply by obtaining subpoenas or search warrants.'

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ess_patriot_act

[Velvet]

Um so thats saying that any book you buy or read from a library can get you arrested ??

[TyrionXavier]

Theoretically, yes

[Velvet]

thats very sad ................

[Suicide Jim]

and suprisingly, almost no one sees a problem with this in the US. god we're screwed.