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Utah librarians talk about 9/11, the Patriot Act, and how they became privacy warriors

“There was a lot of panic,” said one librarian — then libraries changed rules to protect patrons’ privacy.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wanda Mae Huffaker has been with Salt Lake County Library for 26 years, and is involved with the American Library Association. The passage of the USA Patriot Act, which allowed the FBI to access patrons' book and internet records, caused an uproar in U.S. libraries, and prompted changes in how libraries handled data. The photo was taken Sept. 9, 2021.