Re: OT: This Administration is starting to worry me.

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:38:31 GMT, "Bryan" <bryan.459@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Source: AP 1/20/2006
>
>"The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search
>engine during an unspecified single week - a breakdown that could
>conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1
>million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google databases.
>
>In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing them
>Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in its
>effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck down by
>the U.S. Supreme Court.
>
>Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), which runs the Internet's second-most used
>search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with a
>similar government subpoena.
>
>Although the government says it isn't seeking any data that ties personal
>information to search requests, the subpoena still raises serious privacy
>concerns, experts said. Those worries have been magnified by recent
>revelations that the White House authorized eavesdropping on civilian
>communications after the Sept. 11 attacks without obtaining court approval."
>
>I've always said that I don't care about my privacy because I'm not up to
>anything illegal. Still, this news bite has triggered an emotionally
>uncomfortable feeling. Our homes, our phones, our computers, our cars, our
>RV's, are they becoming fair game? Is this bothering anyone else, or is it
>just me.
>
I checked this out, and it is true. Google is rightly fighting this,
and will go to court to prevent this abuse of power. While everyone is
against illegal smut, this is a fishing expedition, AKA J. Edgar
Hoover and the Civil Rights movement. The public should be outraged. I
am.

Tom
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