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Patriot Act Hits Close to Home (2)
In the previous Jungle Beat, I reported the narrow defeat of the Freedom to Read Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State (CJS Appropriations Bill. The amendment would have barred the Justice Department from using money appropriated under the (CJS bill to search bookstore and library records under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. If you think that as women's fiction writers, we're immune from scrutiny under the Patriot Act, think again. Last fall, the home of a multi-published author for an RWA-recognized publisher was raided and her writing in materials confiscated. The writer, an RWA and PAN member who asked to be referred to as Dilyn, agreed to he interviewed for this column to alert RWA members of potential risks when conducting research.

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This reminds me a bit of Dorothy Sayer's Strong Poison, where Harriet Vane was nearly convicted of murder, based in large part on research for her next book.