Wow, just wow... this is some scary stuff to me.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060119/...google_records

 

Why do they want that type of information?

If they really wanted to find this type of information couldn't the government start some small agency with some of the best SEO's this country has to offer? Although their research wouldn't 100% accurate I'm willing to bet their findings would be pretty spot on for the most part.

 

i saw this too and was alittle scared but for the most part think it has no legs in court

so i stopped worrying about it.

 

Smart guys don't search for **** on google. They already have their websites from previous sources. Teenagers search for their **** on google.

 

Its the fact that the courts already threw it out that worries me. Anyone know if this is legal after the courts had already dealt with an issue? Enlighten me!!

 

Well Yahoo and MSN gave up their search info while it was still steaming hot. Makes we wonder if this has happened before and if Google is not complying this time around for publicity, or to make a statement against the Bush admin given the recent “spying” info?

But anyways...

Of all the articles i've read on this it seems that they haven't been asked to divulge any IP addresses or any other similarly sensitive info. So what is the problem here? Why not give them this vague information and be done?

Surely if the CIA, FBI or DOJ asked Google for exact searches (not "random samplings") of "WTC" immediately before 9/11, then they'd most like give it to them without question. So again, it seems like they could be saying “no” out of spite.

Regardless, if the government really wanted to get their hands on 1,000,000 inquires then all they need to do is put thousand horny teenagers in a warehouse size computer lab for a month. That or just hire some experts to make an educated guess on their keyword analysis.

 

the feds can get that info when ever they want it, hell 14 year old estonian kids can get access to that information...

they just want to be able to CTA (cover their asses) when they pull a rabbit out of a database somewhere...

 

its just another fine example of big brother