Police Attempt to Gain Access to Book Lists
This article in the New York Times details police efforts to obtain book sales records at the Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver, Colorado. Increasingly, police have attempted to gain access to book lists in order to tie criminal suspects with crimes. Such practices can have a chilling effect on freedom to read and research.Using Books as Evidence Against Their Readers, New York Times, April 8, 2001 (registration required).
