Gov Website: The Patriot Act specifically protects Americans? First Amendment rights, and terrorism investigators have no interest in the library habits of ordinary Americans.
Historically, terrorists and spies have used libraries to plan and carry out activities that threaten our national security. If terrorists or spies use libraries, we should not allow them to become safe havens for their terrorist or clandestine activities. The Patriot Act ensures that business records ? whether from a library or any other business ? can be obtained in national security investigations with the permission of a federal judge
