Sentences with phrase «gag orders allow»

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It essentially became a gag order, not allowing public libraries to report to patrons when an FBI search had been conducted of their records.

Named for the birds used to test for danger in a coal mine, they first appeared in 2002 when Vermont libraries posted «the FBI hasn't been here» signs in response to the Patriot Act, which allowed the government to demand information under gag orders.

We argued that the First Amendment rarely if ever allows gag orders in such cases, where the government seeks to limit public scrutiny of high - profile and potentially politicized investigations.