ALA submits declaration in open hearing on library provision of PATRIOT Act

Contact: Bernadette Murphy


Washington Communications Director


(202) 628-8410


bmurphy@alawash.org
August 30, 2005

ALA submits declaration in open hearing on library provision of PATRIOT Act

(WASHINGTON) Today the American Library Association (ALA) submitted a declaration in the case of
ACLU v. Gonzales, now pending in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Federal District Court, in response to the government’s brief protesting the removal of the case’s non-disclosure order. ALA filed the statement to explain the importance of allowing the anonymous Connecticut plaintiff to contribute to the current public debate about the USA PATRIOT Act. You can link to the declaration at: http://www.ala.org/espy.

The hearing is open to the public and will be held tomorrow, August 31
st, in Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Federal District Court beginning at 10:00 am.