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Library Director Under Fire for Refusing to Release Private Data Without Subpoena

New Jersey police investigating a case asked Library Director Michele Reutty for data about who checked out a certain book. Reutty said she refused to give the information to police without a subpoena -- in accordance with New Jersey state statutes governing access of private information from libraries, she said.

Library chief draws cops' ire, North Jersey Media Group, June 22, 2006.