U.S. prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show, after a judge ruled against it.
The subpoena was troubling because it permited the government to peek into the reading habits of specific individuals without their knowledge or permission.
It is an unsettling and un-American scenario to envision federal agents nosing through the reading lists of law-abiding citizens while hunting for evidence against somebody else.
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