House Votes to Limit Patriot Act Rules

House Votes to Limit Patriot Act Rules

"The vote reversed a narrow loss last year by lawmakers concerned about the potential invasion of privacy of innocent library users. They narrowed the proposal this year to permit the government to continue to seek out records of Internet use at libraries"

Why should they single out the internet?

"Supporters of rolling back the library and bookstore provision said that the law gives the FBI too much leeway to go on fishing expeditions on people's reading habits and that innocent people could get tagged as potential terrorists based on what they check out from a library."

But it's ok to tag them based on what they "check out" on the internet?

"In the meantime, a number of libraries have begun disposing of patrons' records quickly so they won't be available if sought under the law."

How is that going to work with Google?
I don't know why, but I get the feeling, They are coming at us from all sides.