Ashcroft orders public libraries to destroy law books

[midwayer]

This is the final STRAW

American Library Association
July 30, 2004

CHICAGO -- The following statement has been issued by President-Elect
Michael Gorman, representing President Carol Brey-Casiano, who is
currently in Guatemala representing the Association:

Last week, the American Library Association learned that the
Department of Justice asked the Government Printing Office
Superintendent of Documents to instruct depository libraries to
destroy five publications the Department has deemed not "appropriate
for external use." The Department of Justice has called for these five
public documents, two of which are texts of federal statutes, to be
removed from depository libraries and destroyed, making their content
available only to those with access to a law office or law library.
The topics addressed in the named documents include information on how
citizens can retrieve items that may have been confiscated by the
government during an investigation. The documents to be removed and
destroyed include: Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure; Select
Criminal Forfeiture Forms; Select Federal Asset Forfeiture Statutes;
Asset forfeiture and money laundering resource directory; and Civil
Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA).

ALA has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the
withdrawn materials in order to obtain an official response from the
Department of Justice regarding this unusual action, and why the
Department has requested that documents that have been available to
the public for as long as four years be removed from depository
library collections. ALA is committed to ensuring that public
documents remain available to the public and will do its best to bring
about a satisfactory resolution of this matter.

Librarians should note that, according to policy 72, written
authorization from the Superintendent of Documents is required to
remove any documents. To this date no such written authorization in
hard copy has been issued.

[Gothic Sponge]

1. Unreal!

I hate these nazis!

[serryjw]

2. ALA won!

and Ashcrack backed down!

[The Traveler]

4. Is that fer sure?

And what will the goons try next?

[Valerie5555]

3. Wonder if Asscrotch will make them destroy any issues of CAT FANCY

with articles on the care and feeding of calico cats, next since he hates them.

[serryjw]

5. Sorry...But that is going TOO far!

leave my kitties alone!

[RodneyCK2]

7. Not Calicos, anything but Calicos....

Damn you Ashcroft...Damn you..*shaking fist*

[Valerie5555]

8. Bet this is what my calico kitty Ginger who went to the Rainbow Bridge

nearly 16 years ago would have thought of Asscrotch, "WA -AOW FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFffffffffffffffffffffffttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


Not to mention "Bolp, bolp, bolp Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuussssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" since Bush would have made her want to "bolp" or :puke: up a furball.

[Spazito]

6. Holy crap!

I think Goebbels did the same thing in 1938!

[midwayer]

10. He rescinded

I just see this But Damnit

He is pushing the envelope

I can't stand this Straussian

POC

We deserve a new AG

NOW

[noahmijo]

9. Yo hook the homie up with a link please

I GOTTA spread this around. This is unbelievable. What possible reason would he have to destroy law books?

[midwayer]

11. STOP!!! MY BAD

He TRIED

They rescinded

HE is A

POC anyway

[noahmijo]

12. Whoa whoa it's okay

Hey just the fact that he tried is enough for me and most I think.

I'll make sure to include the fact that it didn't go through, got the link anyway?

[Rex]

13. Wow, the fascists really are turning things up.

As if Loyalty Oaths aren't bad enough! Now it's destroying VERY SELECTIVE parts of rulings in law books. Verrrrrrrrry interesting.

[GmoneyOwnsAll]

14. And of course we dont see this on the news. n/t

[Slit Skirt]

15. is there a link to this...

it would be invaluable..

[Swamp Rat]

16. Asscrack has recinded this order, but don't think he's gonna stop

trying to destroy America. Somebody with access to these books should copy them and save them as pdf files, then spread them all over the internet. That's how we fight these traitors, by exposing EVERYTHING they do.

[walldude]

17. This is crazy, they just keep

pushing to see how far they can take it, when someone calls them on their shit they back down, goddam flip-floppers. Maybe if the lame ass press had called them on some other more important issues in the past we wouldn't be in this mess...

[xxqqqzme]

20. we ALL need 2

get comfortable w/ the fact there is NO free press any more. WE are the free press. The internet is ours 2 use 2 spread the information whorporate media won't. When the info burns over the interned the media is forced 2 report it cuz toooo many people know - that is the ONLY reason the Iraq prison torture was reported by the mainstream media cuz those pictures were moving @ the speed of light and it couldn't B stopped. It is up 2 us now.....always has been, we just have a new tool now!

[robpopulace]

18. here's a link

http://scoop.agonist.org/story/2004/8/3/84635/46365

[fujiyama]

19. These people are nuts

What amazes me is how blatant they are! Then again I suppose with the great liberal media not doing its job, they can get away with pretty much anything they want.

[RodneyCK2]

21. The good news is that the request has been withdrawn..

which is good. However, the bad news is that AssCroft tried to pull this crap.

Here is the link..
http://www.ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=American_Libraries&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=72146

[LWolf]

22. Withdrawn for now.

Let's not give him 4 more years to work on this one.

Happily, there is one thing I know I can count on:

American librarians are fierce warriors when it comes to defending privacy and freedom of information. They will not cave in.