George Christian to be featured in national magazine

A Connecticut man who spoke at Saint Mary’s last September is featured in an award-winning national magazine as one of “The Librarians Who Shushed the Patriot Act.”

George Christian and his colleagues, who challenged an order to give the FBI records about patrons’ use of library computers, are featured in the September/October issue of Mother Jones magazine. In May, Mother Jones won an Award for General Excellence from the American Society of Magazine Editors.

Christian, who was invited by the Social Science Department to speak in conjunction with Constitution Day, told a standing-room-only crowd in Figliulo Recital Hall last September that he and his colleagues fought the FBI order because they considered it unconstitutional.

Link to the story at www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/09/exit-strategy-americas-most-dangerous-librarians.html

For more information, contact Dr. Steve Schild, Ext. 1753.