Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:29:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: belmonte@MIT.EDU (Matthew Belmonte)
To: CapuanoHR8@aol.com
Subject: support the Sanders-Otter-Conyers amendment to limit the USA PATRIOT Act

Dear Representative Capuano

I hope that you'll support the Sanders-Otter-Conyers amendment to the CJS
appropriations bill.  This important amendment would restore some measure
of privacy to the reading public, by prohibiting the expenditure of any
funds to search a library or a bookstore under section 215 of the USA
PATRIOT Act.  The amendment would still allow the Department of Justice to
use other legal means, including search warrants and subpoenas, to obtain
library and bookstore records.

I appreciate the courage and principle that you showed in voting against the
USA PATRIOT Act a year and a half ago, and I hope that in the wake of its
unfortunate passage, you'll support all legislative steps to limit its use.

Sincerely,

Matthew Belmonte
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