Resumen de Protecting the Lady from Toledo: Post-USA PATRIOT Act Electronic Surveillance at the Library

Susan Nevelow Mart

• Library patrons are worried about the government looking over their shoulder while they read and surf the Internet. Because of the broad provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the lack of judicial and legislative oversight, the potential for content overcollection, and the ease with which applications for pen register, section 215 orders, or national security letters can be obtained, these fears cannot be dismissed.