Small Triumphs Accumulate II
I know I said I was going and I am, but then I saw this.
Law enforcement and Newton Free Library officials were embroiled in a tense standoff for nearly 10 hours last week when the city refused to let police and the FBI examine library computers without a warrant.
Police rushed to the main library last Wednesday after it was determined that a terrorist threat to Brandeis University had been sent from a computer at the library.
But requests to examine any of its computers were rebuffed by library Director Kathy Glick-Weil and Mayor David Cohen on the grounds that they did not have a warrant.
While one law enforcement official said he was “totally disgusted” with the city?s attempt to hold up a time-sensitive investigation of potential terrorist threat, Cohen is defending the library?s actions, calling it one of Newton?s “finest hours.”
“We showed you can enforce the law … without jeopardizing the privacy of innocent citizens,” Cohen said.
OK, definitely gone now.
