The Second Circuit is expediting an appeal in a First Amendment case concerning whether the recipient of a National Security Letter for Internet account records can be required not to disclose that it is the recipient of such a letter. (This is the case known in the popular press as the librarians’ challenge to the Patriot Act.) Meanwhile, the end of a New York Times story on the case suggests that the court’s website may have accidentally disclosed the recipient’s identity:
Though the plaintiffs’ organization has not been named in the various proceedings, a close reading of the court record suggests that it is Library Connection in Windsor, Conn.
A search of a court-operated Web site offered a pointer to the plaintiffs’ identity. There, a case numbered 3:2005cv01256 is listed under the caption, “Library Connection Inc. v. Attorney General.”
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