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Expressing concern that the USA PATRIOT Act was "one of the greatest assaults on personal privacy ever launched upon the citizens of our nation," the editors (both of the North Carolina State U.) present ten papers exploring issues of information, technology, and democracy in the post 9-11 era. Papers discuss the dismantling of public information systems in response to perceived threats, "war on terror" limitations imposed upon the Freedom of Information Act, the impact of the PATRIOT Act on librarians and their patrons, online political resistance to government Internet surveillance, current uses of RFID technology in the public sector, and the arguments for and against the establishment of a national identification card. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
