THE FBI HAS BUGGED OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Bill Olds, Hartford Courant, 11/3/02
http://www.ctnow.com/features/lifestyle/hc-privacy1103.artnov03col.story
Some reports say the FBI is snooping in the libraries. Is that really
happening?
Yes. I have uncovered information that persuades me that the Federal Bureau
of Investigation has bugged the computers at the Hartford Public Library.
And it's probable that other libraries around the state have also been
bugged. It's an effort by the FBI to obtain leads that it believes may lead
them to terrorists.
Many members of the public regularly use computers in libraries to access
the Internet for research purposes or to locate information about
particular interests. It's also not uncommon for students and others to
communicate with friends and relatives through e-mail from there.
The FBI system apparently involves the installation of special software on
the computers that lets the FBI copy a person's use of the Internet and
their e-mail messages. (Don't ask me how I know about this because I can't
reveal how I was able to collect the information.) Members of the public
who use the library have not been informed that the government is watching
their activities. It's not just the computers. Circulation lists that show
which books someone borrowed are also accessible to the government…
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