RE: [inbox] FBI urges police to watch for people carrying almanacs

From: Paul Donovan (paul.donovan@dol.state.vt.us)
Date: Tue Dec 30 2003 - 07:53:00 PST


Is Fodor's next? Current Biography? The New Brit? How about the US
Government Manual? Or the National Park Service brochures? State
Bluebooks/yearbooks? Or...or...or...or...

Best,
Paul J. Donovan, M.L.S.
Vermont Dept of Libraries

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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu]On
Behalf Of John Pedini
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:51 AM
To: Weyant, Gregory
Cc: Law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: [inbox] FBI urges police to watch for people carrying
almanacs

Oh My God,

I've had a Cracker Barrel Almanac in my luggage since Thanksgiving! I
could be one of them! I know where all the Cracker Barrel Old Country
Restaurants and Gift Shops are in the United States! Someone stop me!!!

Weyant, Gregory wrote:

>See the linked story below:
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>http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/29/fbi.almanacs.ap/index.html
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>Looks like the feds are secretly trying to go after librarians again ;-).
Seriously though, what does this say about us? As long as people are reading
People Magazine and The Reader's Digest they're good Americans? If someone
is trying to obtain general
knowledge though they may be Terrorists? Remember, information is a
dangerous thing.
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>Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer are purely
coincidental.
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>Gregory Weyant
>Library Director
>Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
>One Penn Center
>1617 JFK Boulevard, 20th Floor
>Philadelphia PA 19103
>Ph (215) 665-3181
>Fax (215) 665-3165
>e-mail: gregory.weyant@obermayer.com
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"...well, the blue light was my blues and the red light was my mind..."

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