The New Bedford Standard-Times reports that a couple of Homeland Security agents paid a visit to a UMass-Dartmouth student when he requested a copy of Mao's "Little Red Book" in an intra-library loan.
PATRIOT Act
Some initial reactions by Boston-area bloggers to the recent news about the NSA snooping and the Senate's decision not to extend the Patriot Act:
Solomon thinks Bush did a good job getting his side of the story out in his radio address:
... My only question is when do the criminal investigations of all these leaks over serious national security matters begin?
Dan listens to that same address and comes to a different conclusion:
WE NOW KNOW THE CIVIL LIBERTIES HEARING WILL BE IN GARDNER AUDITORUM
AND WE NEED TO FILL IT -- PLEASE PLAN TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE BILL
OF RIGHTS -- the REAL PATRIOT Act!
See:
Support the Bill of Rights -- the REAL PATRIOT Act
Wednesday, June 22 at The State House in Boston
10 AM: Hearing on HB 1881 -- the Resolution Affirming the Civil Rights and Liberties of the People of Massachusetts
12 noon: Rally in Boston Common near the steps of The State House