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Ridge orders the destruction of books containing federal statutes, deeming them not "appropriate for external use."

from the article:

The topics addressed in the named documents include information on how citizens can retrieve items that may have been confiscated by the government during an investigation.

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=news&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=72230

EDIT: Under pressure, the DoJ has rescinded the order (thank god for librarians, or they'd have gotten away with this shady shit:) http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/08/dept-of-justice-rescinds-order-to-have.html