([Bob] Kinzel, [Reporter, Vermont Public Radio] The controversy started when [Senator Patrick] Leahy [D-VT] offered a second version of the bill that didn't include all of the protections of his first plan. He says he did this because the stronger provisions received very little support in his committee. When the changes were adopted, the Library Association withdrew its support for the legislation.
Senator Sanders says he doesn't care for the changes either:
(Sanders) "I'm not happy with the language as it currently stands."
([Bob] Kinzel, [Reporter, Vermont Public Radio] Sanders says it's possible to fight terrorists and protect civil liberties.
(Sanders) "I would also hope that everybody in this country respects the Constitution of this nation and that you don't go on fishing expeditions and tapping people's phones or securing the books that they're reading or going into the websites that they are looking at without evidence that you have reason to believe that they are involved in terrorist activities. That's what the issue is."
Also interviewed are:
+ Trina Magi, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Library Associate Professor at the University of Vermont.
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