Vermont Librarian Demands Search Warrant

Police in Vermont, searching for a missing girl, demanded access to the computers in a Kimball Public Library in Randolph.  According to an Associated Press article, the librarian refused to allow them to take the computers until they obtained a search warrant.

Fred H. Cate, a law professor at Indiana University and a cybersecurity expert , sided with the librarian.

“If you’ve told all your patrons `We won’t hand over your records unless we’re ordered to by a court,’ and then you turn them over voluntarily, you’re liable for anything that goes wrong,” he said.