The Patriot Act: Fierce Fight Over Secrecy, Scope of Law
Amid Rights Debate, Law Cloaks Data on Its Impact
by Amy Goldstein

In Seattle, the public library printed 3,000 bookmarks to alert patrons that the FBI could, in the name of national security, seek permission from a secret federal court to inspect their reading and computer records -- and prohibit librarians from revealing that a search had taken place. In suburban Boston, a state legislator was stunned to discover last spring that her bank had blocked a $300 wire transfer because she is married to a naturalized U.S. citizen named Nasir Khan.
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