PATRIOT ACT UPDATE: A couple of weeks ago I linked to this article in the New York Times on a paper by George Washington University professor Orin Kerr who argues that the Patriot Act does much less to diminish privacy than is generally believed.

Now here’s a link to the piece. The link takes you to an abstract page, from which you can download the whole article. If you’re interested in the Patriot Act, it’s a must-read.

UPDATE: Okay, it’s 11:20pm and the server’s now really slow. Try, like, staggering your downloads — it’ll still be there tomorrow. Though it could just be a problem at their end.