Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the potential for online databases to become tools for government surveillance.
Mountain View-based Google has refused to comply with a White House subpoena first issued last summer, prompting U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this week to ask a federal judge in San Jose for an order to force a handover of the requested records.
Demanding records from a private company to satisfy an itch for information. Shouldn't this require a warrant? What's the reasonable cause for the warrant besides the Government wanting to know? This administration believes on trampling our rights and is continuing on. I hope Google holds steadfast here for all our rights.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
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