Reading over your shoulder
The push is on to shelve part of the Patriot Act
by David Mehegan, Boston Globe Staff, 3/9/2004

"It's the most naked form of intrusion into one's life -- to get into a person's mind, what they are reading, what their literary interest is," said Ciaran McCabe. "It's quite horrifying, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to stop it."

The intrusive power McCabe is talking about is Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, the sweeping federal antiterrorism law passed soon after the Sept. 11 attacks. While much of that law is uncontroversial, Section 215 is sowing fear and anger about the government's new power to learn what books people are buying and borrowing.

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