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Senator Russ Feingold (the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act) introduced legislation to protect personal information last summer. “The American People want the FBI to be focused on preventing terrorism,” Feingold said. “It makes sense to make some changes to the law to allow the FBI access to the information that it needs to prevent terrorism. But as more and more Americans are realizing, we do not need to change the values that constitute who we are as a nation in order to protect ourselves from terrorism. We can protect both our nation and our privacy and civil liberties.”

Both Feingold and Sanders are being honored for their work to protect the confidentiality of library records put at risk in the USA Patriot Act. FOLUSA salutes their courage and their dedication to the protection of civil liberties.