Ashcroft Removes Evidence Hurdle for FBI (washingtonpost.com)

New Justice Department guidelines unveiled today give FBI agents latitude to monitor Internet sites, libraries and religious institutions without first having to offer evidence of potential criminal activity, Attorney General John D. Ashcroft announced at an afternoon press conference.

This explains the guy with the dark suit and the crewcut hanging out at the circulation desk. I was going to run him off, but he'll probably open a file on me. Actually, this is a library at a religious institution (albeit Presbyterian -- they're not noted for producing terrorists) and I have a web site. Two web sites! I better call a lawyer.