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Internet Archive Fights Patriot Act Order

The Threat Level Blog from Wired Magazine reports on Patriot Act news in its 7 May posting, FBI Targets Internet Archive with Secret 'National Security Letter,' Loses:

The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties groups announced Wednesday morning.

Wired's report includes a set of links to the relevant court documents.

The story is also covered by Infoworld in their 7 May article, Internet Archive Challenges FBI's Secret Records Demand.

May 07, 2008 in Current Affairs |

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