Refuge of a scoundrel : the Patriot Act in libraries
(Book)

Ch. 1: A recent history of library surveillance. Background ; The Library Awareness Program ; Origins in the New York office ; The FBI meets Congress ; The controversy escalates ; It only hurts when we laugh ; A selective survey of library visits ; Winding down a troubled program ; The role of librarians in FBI surveillance ; The Special Libraries Association ; Librarians as potential KGB agents ; Paint the critics red ; The law and library surveillance

Ch. 2: The USA Patriot Act. Passage of the bill ; General provisions ; Provisions directly affecting libraries ; National security letters and emergency foreign intelligence warrants ; Sunsetted provisions ; Blurring the distinction between criminal justice and counterintelligence

Ch. 3: The Patriot Act in libraries and bookstores. Fearing the worst ; What are you going to do when they come for you? ; Destroying patron records before they can be seized ; FBI advice and reassurance ; Documenting those elusive federal visits to libraries ; Gag orders

Ch. 4: Making things worse : government actions beyond the Patriot Act. Executive orders, regulations, and administrative guidelines ; Homeland Security act ; Total Information Awareness ; TIPS program ; CAPPS II ; Patriot Act II and the Victory Act ; Ashcroft's national tour ; State anti-terrorism legislation in the wake of 9/11

Ch. 5: Fighting back : responses to the Patriot Act. Congressional oversight of the Patriot Act ; Public oversight of the Patriot Act ; The Patriot Act in art and humor ; Legislative attempts to modify the Patriot Act ; State, local, and professional resolutions opposing the Patriot Act

Conclusion. Ashcroft on the offensive ; The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Appendix[es]: Public libraries and civil liberties

questionnaire ; California Library Association Patriot Act survey ; U.S. Attorney preservation demand letter ; U.S. District Court ECPA Order w/schedule ; U.S. District Court subpoena in a criminal case ; U.S. District Court search warrant.