Journal 9: Info on the Open Web

.com
a) search engine: google
b) search strategy: organizations and privacy
c) USA Patriot Act, Epic.org, updated May 20,2011. http://privacy08.com/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/. July 26, 2011
d) I believe this site is credible because the advisory board consists of several professors from different U.S. universities (authority).  Within the article it gives you links to the sources.There is a list of resources from different points of view. (i.e. ACLU, Department of Justice,  from different senators).

.edu
a)search engine: google
b)search strategy:  privacy law U.S.
c) "One Hundred Years of Privacy, Professor Ken Gromley, 1992. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/privacy/Gormley--100%20Years%20of%20Privacy--%20EXCERPTS.htm, July 26, 2011.
d) First of all this website is from Harvard so I think it gives this article authority. Gromley is also the Dean at Duquense University School of Law. There is a long of sources for this paper.  It also gives me good coverage because its focus is my topic.

.org
a) search engine: google
b) search strategy: privacy U.S. law
c) Rallying Americans to Defend Their Rights in the Digital Age: A Position Paper on Information Privacy, http://www.privacyrevolution.org/images/uploads/ALA_privacy_position_paper_MAR09_2.pdf. July 26, 2011
d) ALA is the oldest library association with librarians as its members (authority). This site seems to have some political basis, but it would give a me a good view of how libraries are affected by privacy issues. It is supported by the group I mentioned above Epic (coverage).

.gov
a) search engine: google
b) search strategy: privacy and law and archive
c) Your Right to Federal Records: Questions and Answers on the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act. November 2009 http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/foia/foia.htm#privacyact. July 26, 2011
d) This is a joint publication with the U.S. Department of Justice  (authority).  Within the writings are links to the sources that have been used. The links are also .gov (sources). This was published in 2009 so it had timeliness.