Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything.
Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything.

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Secretary of State Giannoulias responds to bomb threats at Chicago-area libraries

Chicago Public Library branches and some suburban libraries closed their doors after “digital bomb threats” later deemed to be a hoax.

Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times
By Meha Ahmad, Max Lubbers

All Chicago libraries were closed temporarily Thursday due to “digital bomb threats,” according to Chicago police, who said they did not believe the threats were credible.

Suburban libraries also dealt with their own bomb threats this week. A branch in west suburban Aurora received a bomb and active shooter threat.

Reset hears from the state librarian — aka Illinois’ Secretary of State — and a former librarian who now writes about book censorship.

GUESTS: Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Secretary of State

Kelly Jensen, writer and editor, Book Riot

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Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything.
Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything.

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Secretary of State Giannoulias responds to bomb threats at Chicago-area libraries

Chicago Public Library branches and some suburban libraries closed their doors after “digital bomb threats” later deemed to be a hoax.

Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received a bomb threat Tuesday by anonymous email. The bomb squad and a canine unit swept the building, but they didn’t find anything. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Chicago Sun-Times
By Meha Ahmad, Max Lubbers

All Chicago libraries were closed temporarily Thursday due to “digital bomb threats,” according to Chicago police, who said they did not believe the threats were credible.

Suburban libraries also dealt with their own bomb threats this week. A branch in west suburban Aurora received a bomb and active shooter threat.

Reset hears from the state librarian — aka Illinois’ Secretary of State — and a former librarian who now writes about book censorship.

GUESTS: Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Secretary of State

Kelly Jensen, writer and editor, Book Riot

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