The House rejected a provision of the Patriot Act yesterday that would permit the government to track you down based on what books you check out from the library and to compile data on what books you buy at the bookstore. Supporters of the Patriot Act countered that the rules are potentially useful and argued that the House was voting to make libraries safe havens for terrorists. [AP]
We have personally only used the library for its computer lab to send out copious amounts of resumes and to check out books because we couldn't afford to buy them. We have never used the library computers to surf porn sites. As far as the FBI knows.