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Under Obama, feds may still snoop library files

Under Obama, feds may still snoop library files:
President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general has endorsed an extension of the law that allows federal agents to demand Americans' library and bookstore records as part of terrorism probes, dismaying a national group of independent booksellers.

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