December 22, 2005
Volume 7, Number 14

• Reader Privacy Advocates Block PATRIOT Re-authorization

December 16, 2005
Volume 7, Number 13

• Senate Blocks PATRIOT Conference Report
• New York Times Reveals Federal Government Spying
• FBI Official Blasts "Radical Militant Librarians"

November 9, 2005
Volume 7, Number 12

• Final Act of PATRIOT Fight Opens
• Judges Express Skepticism on NSL Gags
• Booksellers Lining Up to Host Talks by Investigative Reporters

October 5, 2005
Volume 7, Number 11

• PATRIOT Act Showdown Looms
• ABFFE Urges Supreme Court to Lift Connecticut Library Gag
• Banned Books Victory in Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Tell Us About Your Banned Books Week!

September 11, 2005
Volume 7, Number 10

• Judge Lifts Gag Order on Connecticut Library Fighting FBI Subpoena
• Reader Privacy Petitions To Be Delivered to Capitol Hill This Week
• ABFFE Sponsors Banned Books Week Program at New York Public Library

July 30, 2005
Volume 7, Number 9

• Senate Approves Reader Privacy Safeguards for USA PATRIOT Act

July 22, 2005
Volume 7, Number 8

• House Re-authorizes Section 215 of USA PATRIOT Act
• Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Reader Privacy Safeguards

July 16, 2005
Volume 7, Number 7

• Campaign for Reader Privacy Criticizes House Reauthorization Bill
• Critical Week for Reader Privacy Looms in House and Senate
• ABFFE Opposes School Library Censorship in Arkansas

June 10, 2005
Volume 7, Number 6

• Congress Will Vote Tuesday on Bernie's Reader Privacy Amendment
• ABFFE, Sam Weller's and King's English Challenge Utah Law
• ABFFE Online Auction Ends Wednesday
• Russ Lawrence, Bonnie Ammer Join ABFFE Board

May 6, 2005
Volume 7, Number 5

• House Holds Hearing on PATRIOT Act's Section 215
• Rainy Day Books Weathers Controversy Over Fonda Appearance
• ABFFE Extends Deadline for Silent Auction Contributions

April 15, 2005
Volume 7, Number 4

• Attorney General Acknowledges PATRIOT Problem
• Campaign for Reader Privacy Makes Final Push
• ABFFE Seeks Silent Auction Donations
• Harry Potter T-Shirt Sale Enters Final Weeks

March 14, 2005
Volume 7, Number 3

• Bernie Launches New Drive for Freedom to Read Protection Act (FTRPA)
• ABA Urges Booksellers to Help Find Co-Sponsors for FTRPA
• ABFFE Defends Madison Bookseller's Free Speech Rights
• ABFFE Board Member Joins Fray Over Four Books
• Bill Maher to Perform at ABFFE Fundraiser During BookExpo America

February 18, 2005
Volume 7, Number 2

• ABFFE Opposes Investigation of University of Colorado Professor
• "Academic Bill of Rights" Threatens Academic Freedom
• TV Show "Friends" in Free Speech Fight

January 7, 2005
Volume 7, Number 1

• ABA Defends Campaign for Reader Privacy in "NY Times Book Review"
• Treasury Department Retreats in Conflict With Publishers
• Alabama Legislator Seeks Library Purge of Books on Homosexuality

More ABFFE Updates

• 2007 ABFFE Updates
• 2006 ABFFE Updates
• 2004 ABFFE Updates
• 2003 ABFFE Updates
• 2002 ABFFE Updates
• 2001 ABFFE Updates
• 2000 ABFFE Updates
• 1999 ABFFE Updates