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Post 9-11 Free Expression Resources and Web Sites
Prepared by
Nancy Kranich, FEPP Senior Research Fellow
May, 2003

Advertising Council, "Campaign for Freedom," [website] http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/campaign_for_freedom/

American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, and Special Libraries Association, "Safeguarding our Patrons' Privacy: What Every Librarian Needs to Know about the USA PATRIOT Act & Related Anti-Terrorism Measures," [teleconference with supplementary materials]. (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, December 11, 2002); http://www.arl.org/patriot/

American Booksellers Association, Bookselling This Week: Free Expression. (Tarrytown, NY: American Booksellers Association). [website] http://news.bookweb.org/freeexpression/

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Freedom Under Fire: Dissent in
Post 9/11 America, May 2003.
http://www.aclu.org/Files/OpenFile. cfm?id=12580&MX=804&H=0

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Freedom Network, Keep America Safe and Free. [website] http://www.aclu.org/safeandfree/.

American Civil Liberties Union, Technology and Liberty Program, Total Information Compliance: The TIA's Burden Under The Wyden Amendment, A Preemptive Analysis of the Government's Proposed Super Surveillance Program, May 19, 2003. http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID= 12650&c=206

American Library Association, "Resolution on the USA Patriot Act and Related Measures That Infringe on the Rights of Library Users." (Chicago, IL: American Library Association, January 23, 2003).
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/ Intellectual_Freedom3/Statements_and_Policies/IF_Resolutions/Resolution on_the_USA_Patriot_Act_and_Related_Measures_That_Infringe_on_the Rights_of_Library_Users.htm (ALA resolution).
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/ Intellectual_Freedom3/IF_Groups_and_Committees/State_IFC_Chairs/ State_IFC_in_Action/USA_Patriot_Act_Resolutions.htm (USA PATRIOT Act resolutions of state library associations)

American Library Association, "Resolution Reaffirming the Principles of
Intellectual Freedom in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attacks," (Chicago, IL: American Library Association, January 23, 2002). http://staging.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=IF_Resolutions&Template=/ ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=21668

American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom,
FBI in Your Library. [website] http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Intellectual_Freedom Issues&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm& ContentID =21662

American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom, "Privacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights," (Chicago, IL: American Library Association, June 19, 2002).
http://staging.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/ Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Statements_and_Policies/ Intellectual_Freedom2/Interpretations/Privacy.htm

American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom, Privacy and Confidentiality. [website] http://staging.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/ Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Intellectual_Freedom_Issues/ Privacy_and_Confidentiality.htm

American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom, Terrorism Information and Prevention System (TIPS). [website] http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Intellectual_Freedom_ Issues&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm& ContentID=2432

American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom, USA PATRIOT Act. [website] ] http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/ Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Intellectual_Freedom_Issues/USA_Patriot_Act.htm

American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office, Guidelines for Librarians on the USA PATRIOT Act: What to Do Before, During and After a "Knock at the Door." (Washington, DC: American Library Association, January 19, 2002). http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/ Offices/ALA_Washington/Issues2/Civil_Liberties,_Intellectual_ Freedom,_Privacy/The_USA_Patriot_Act_and_Libraries/patstep.pdf

American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, and Medical Library Association, "Library Community Statement on Freedom of Speech and Access to Information." (September 19, 2001). http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/statement.html

American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, and Association of Research Libraries, "Library Community Statement on Proposed Antiterrorism Measures." (October 2, 2001).
http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/antiter2.html

Association of Research Libraries, Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Homeland Security and Related Issues. [website] http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/ATL.html

Association of Research Libraries, "Education and Library Community Matrix, The Search and Seizure of Electronic Information: The Law Before and After the USA PATRIOT Act," (January 2002). http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/matrix.pdf

Association of Research Libraries, "Removal or Destruction of Federal Depository Library Documents," drafted by Tom Susman (March 13, 2002). http://www.arl.org/info/frn/gov/Susman.html

Association of Research Libraries, "The Search and Seizure of Electronic Information: The Law Before and After the USA Patriot Act," (January 18, 2002). http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/matrix.pdf

Bertin, Joan, "Now They Check the Books Your Read," Newsday, (September 16, 2002). http://www.ncac.org/issues/tips.htm

The Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Make Your City or Town a Civil Liberties Safe Zone. [website] http://www.bordc.org/index.html

Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), "Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act by CDT and Others." http://www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/analysis.shtml

Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), "Response to September 11th, 2001 Terrorist Attacks." http://www.cdt.org/security/010911response.shtml

Center for National Security Studies, USA PATRIOT Act. [website] http://cnss.gwu.edu/%7Ecnss/patriotact.htm.

Chang, Nancy. Silencing Political Dissent: How Post 9-11 Anti- Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties, (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002).

Chang, Nancy. The State of Civil Liberties: One Year Later--Erosion of Civil Liberties in the Post 9/11 Era, (New York: Center for Constitutional Rights, 2002.) http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/whatsnew/report.asp?ObjID=nQdbIRkDg G&Content=153

Chang, Nancy, "The USA PATRIOT Act: What's So Patriotic About Trampling on the Bill of Rights?" (New York: Center for Constitutional Rights, November 2001).
http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/docs/USA_PATRIOT_ACT.pdf

Cole, David, James X. Dempsey, and Hal Foster (ed). Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security, 2nd edition, (New York: The New Press, 2002).

Cornell University, Office of Information Technologies, IT Policy Advisor, "USA Patriot Act." http://www.cit.cornell.edu/oit/PatriotAct/

Coyle, Karen, "Make Sure You Are Privacy Literate," Library Journal, v. 127 #16 (October 1, 2002). http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp? layout=article&articleid=CA245045

"Domestic Security Enhancement Acts of 2003," January 9, 2003 document released on February 7, 2003. http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/downloads/Story_01_ 020703_Doc_1.pdf

Analyses by Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle, "Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act: Center for Public Integrity Publishes Secret Draft of 'Patriot II' Legislation." http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID= 502&L1=10&L2=10&L3=0&L4=0&L5=0;
by David Cole, "What PATRIOT II Proposes to Do," February 10, 2003. http://www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/030210cole.pdf;
and by the ACLU, "Interested Persons Memo: Section-by-Section Analysis of Justice Department draft 'Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003,' also known as 'PATRIOT Act II,'" February 14, 2003. http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11835&c=206

"Domestic Surveillance Oversight Act of 2003," (Introduced in Senate), S. 436, February 25, 2003.

Doyle, Charles. Congressional Research Service, "Terrorism: Section by Section Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act," (December 10, 2001). http://www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/011210crs.pdf

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism
"National Security" Toll on Freedom of Expression
. [website]
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism_militias/antiterrorism_ chill.html

Electronic Frontier Foundation, "Analysis of the Provision of the USA PATRIOT Act that Relate to Online Activities," (October, 2001). http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism_militias/20011031_ eff_usa_patriot_analysis.html

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Epic.org. [website] http://www.epic.org/ and EPIC, The USA Patriot Act. [website]. http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/

Estabrook, Leigh, Public Libraries and Civil Liberties: A Profession Divided. (Urbana, IL: U. of Illinois Library Research Center, January 2003) http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/research/civil_liberties.html (narrative) and
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/research/finalresults.pdf
(questionnaire with summary of responses)

Estabrook, Leigh, Public Libraries Response to the Events of 9/11.
(Urbana, IL: U. of Illinois Library Research Center, Summer 2002) http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/research/national.pdf

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), "Fire and the Defense of Liberty in the Aftermath of September 11."
http://www.thefire.org/issues/terror.php3

Freedom to Read Protection Act of 2003 (Introduced in House), March 6, 2003, H.R.1157. Commentary and media coverage, Congressman Bernie Sanders, "Civil Liberties." http://bernie.house.gov/publications/index.asp?issue=Civil+Liberties

Henderson, Nathan C., "The PATRIOT Act's Impact on the Government's Ability to Conduct Electronic Surveillance of Ongoing Domestic Communications,"
Duke Law Journal, vol. 52, p. 179-209. http://www.law.duke.edu/shell/cite.pl?52+Duke+L.+J.+179

IFLA, "The Glasgow Declaration on Libraries, Information Services and Intellectual Freedom," (The Hague, Netherlands: IFLA, August 19, 2002). http://www.ifla.org/faife/policy/iflastat/gldeclar-e.html

IFLA, "IFLA Statement on Terrorism, the Internet and Freedom of Access to Information," (The Hague, Netherlands: IFLA, October 4, 2001). http://www.ifla.org/faife/news/ifla_statement_on_terrorism.htm

IFLA, "The IFLA Internet Manifesto," (The Hague, Netherlands: IFLA, August 23, 2002). http://www.ifla.org/III/misc/im-e.htm

In Defense of Freedom. "Principles and Letters to Congress," http://www.indefenseoffreedom.org/

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc (IRE), "Security vs. Open Records," http://www.ire.org/related/records.html

Kaufman, Paula, "New Encroachments Recall Old Ones" Library Journal, v. 127, #16 (October 1, 2002): 57. http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index. asp?layout=article&articleid=CA245046 (registration required).

Kranich, Nancy, "The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Free Expression," (New York: Free Expression Policy Project, May 2003). http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/patriotact.html

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Imbalance of Powers: How Changes to U.S. Law and Policy Since 9/11 Erode Human Rights and Civil Liberties, September 2002 to March 2003, (New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, March 11, 2003). http://www.lchr.org/us_law/loss/imbalance/powers.pdf

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, A Year of Loss: Reexamining Civil Liberties Since 9/11, (New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 2002). http://www.lchr.org/us_law/loss/loss_report.pdf

Leahy, Patrick (Senator), "The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, H.R. 3162, Section-by-Section Analysis," (October 2001). http://www.senate.gov/%7Eleahy/press/200110/102401a.html

Lynch, Timothy, "Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Preserving Our Liberties While Fighting Terrorism: A CATO Institute Policy Analysis Report." Washington, DC: CATO Institute, June 26, 2002) http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa443.pdf

Markle Foundation, Protecting America's Freedom in the Information Age: A Report of the Markle Foundation Task Force. (New York: Markle Foundation, October 2002) http://www.markletaskforce.org/documents/Markle_Report_ Part1.pdf

Minow, Mary, "The USA PATRIOT Act," Library Journal, v. 127, #16 (October 1, 2002): 52-55. http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout= article&articleid=CA245044 (registration required).

Minow, Mary, The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy On Library Terminals. (LLRX.com, February 15, 2002). http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm.

Mitrano, Tracy, "Taking the Mystique Out of the USA PATRIOT Act: Information, Process, and Protocol." (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Office of Information Technology, May 2002). http://www.cit.cornell.edu/oit/PatriotAct/article.html

NASULGC/AAU, Homeland Security Resources. (Washington, DC: National Association of State and University Land Grant Colleges and the Association of American Universities) [website] http://www.aau.edu/resources/resources.html

Neal, James, "Reaction to Terror: Gauging the Aftermath and the impact of USA PATRIOT Legislation," College and Research Libraries News, v. 64, #2 (February 2003): 78-79.

National Coalition Against Censorship, Index of Free Expression after September 11th. [website] http://www.ncac.org/issues/freeex911.html

OMB Watch, Access to Government Information Post September 11th, 2002. [website] http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/213/1/1/

OMB Watch, Homeland Security Act Resource Page. [website] http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/943/1/18/

Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, Homeland Confidential: How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public's Right to Know. 3rd ed. (Washington, DC: Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, March 2003). http://www.rcfp.org/homefrontconfidential/

Schulhofer, Stephen J. The Enemy Within: Intelligence Gathering, Law Enforcement, and Civil Liberties in the Wake of September 11. (New York: Century Foundation Press, 2002).

Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP, "The USA Patriot Act of 2001: Electronic Surveillance and Privacy," (November 2001) and Update, (February 2002). http://www.sidley.com/cyberlaw/features/patriot.asp

Stanley, Jay and Barry Steinhardt, Bigger Monster, Weaker Chain: The Growth of the Surveillance Society. (New York: American Civil Liberties Union, January 2003). http://www.aclu.org/Files/OpenFile.cfm?id=11572.

Statewatch (Monitoring the State of Civil Liberties in the European Union), Observatory in Defence of Freedom and Democracy: New Laws and Practices Affecting Civil Liberties and Rights after September 11th. [website]. http://www.statewatch.org/observatory2.htm

U.S. Department of Justice, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), "Field Guide on New Authorities Enacted in the USA PATRIOT ACT." http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/PatriotAct.htm


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