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Lies and the Lying Liars: The Justice Department?

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"....The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it had not used its power under the Patriot Act to demand library records a single time. "....[LINK] 9/22/03

" ....But the University of Illinois conducted a survey of 1,020 public libraries in January and February ['02] and found that 85 libraries had been asked by federal or local law enforcement officers for information about patrons related to Sept. 11, said Ed Lakner, assistant director of research at the school's Library Research Center....."[LINK] 6/25/02

How do explain these differences? Is someone not telling the truth?

Perhaps the FBI only had to use the threat of the Patriot Act in order to get the info they needed?

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