Judd Gregg: “I would actually like to get a clarification from the Senator from Alabama because I know he is an expert on this issue…”

“I would actually like to get a clarification from the Senator from Alabama because I know he is an expert on this issue, having been a U.S. attorney and having been one of the leading authorities on legal activity here in our country. Because earlier in the day the assistant leader from the Democratic side of the aisle came to the Senate floor and made an extensive statement about how abusive the present bill, which is being moved forward, is, and specifically toward libraries, and how, as he represented it, somebody's records could be subpoenaed from a library, basically carte blanche, and then the library would be gagged from disclosing that information. As I understood it, the bill, as it has worked its way through conference, has actually put in place stronger protections for libraries, and actually a terrorist gets more protection than, say, somebody who is in the Mafia; is that correct?”