Imagine the surprise when Patrons to some California libraries where greeted with the following signs.
“A warning that records of the books they borrow may wind up in the hands of federal agents” they also inform the reader that the USA Patriot Act “prohibits library workers from informing you if federal agents have obtained records about you.”
Needless to say this is raising some eyebrows and pissing patrons off. I know that the US Govt is trying to protect us but I am sure this makes many people a little bit paranoid. The Job that puts food on my families table requires me to be aware that I can be monitored at anytime. But I have known this for 20 years and have no issue with it because that’s the way it is. We as Americans have always enjoyed a level of freedom that in unparalleled in the world. But I am not sure I want the government seeing what I have checked out at the library. [SF Gate]