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To: stockman_scott who wrote (52634)	8/3/2004 3:50:06 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Statement regarding DOJ request for removal of government publications by depository libraries The following statement has been issued by President-Elect Michael Gorman, representing President Carol Brey-Casiano, who is currently in Guatemala representing the Association: July 30, 2004 Statement from ALA President-Elect Michael Gorman: Last week, the American Library Association learned that the Department of Justice asked the Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents to instruct depository libraries to destroy five publications the Department has deemed not "appropriate for external use." The Department of Justice has called for these five these public documents, two of which are texts of federal statutes, to be removed from depository libraries and destroyed, making their content available only to those with access to a law office or law library. The topics addressed in the named documents include information on how citizens can retrieve items that may have been confiscated by the government during an investigation. The documents to be removed and destroyed include: Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure; Select Criminal Forfeiture Forms; Select Federal Asset Forfeiture Statutes; Asset forfeiture and money laundering resource directory; and Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA). ALA has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the withdrawn materials in order to obtain an official response from the Department of Justice regarding this unusual action, and why the Department has requested that documents that have been available to the public for as long as four years be removed from depository library collections. ALA is committed to ensuring that public documents remain available to the public and will do its best to bring about a satisfactory resolution of this matter. Librarians should note that, according to policy 72, written authorization from the Superintendent of Documents is required to remove any documents. To this date no such written authorization in hard copy has been issued. Keith Michael Fiels Executive Director American Library Association (800) 545-2433 ext.1392 buzzflash.com

To: stockman_scott who wrote (52634)	8/3/2004 4:45:42 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

a full-scale Manhattan Project energy initiative could reduce our oil imports by 20% in 10 years worse, a moderate initiative might offset the GROWTH in energy dependence I would prefer to spend $100 billion in inflated funny money on a massive project it would actually employ a lot of people (unlike the fictitious bullshite in jobs reports it would produce some actual econmoic traction (unlike the slippery slippage in econmoic growth underway) how long before SUV's are abandoned with upside down car loans? how long before SUV's line up dealer lots unsold? how long before SUV's and other large cars stack up in Detroit inventories? not long that day is just over the horizon my dream is for a massive array of sunpowered water separation plants to produce hydrogen all along the California, Texas, Florida, and Carolina coasts I believe Mexico will beat us to teh punch, with US money (since they will be a lower cost producer, the nightmare will continue even into new chapters) / jim