[Ichneumon]

Absolutely right - the government seems to think they have a right to any and all data held by nongovernmental organizations. The allegation is not that they have done anything illigal - they just want to analyze Google's data to see who might have been doing something illegal.

It's even worse than that -- according to the article, the feds just want the data in order to help them argue a point of law...

[kbo]

How would this help prosecute the internet sites that are hosted outside of this country?

[steve-b]

according to the article, the feds just want the data in order to help them argue a point of law

Specifically, the Bush Administration wants to grab the data in order to argue that a law signed by the creature who desecrated the Oval Office in 1998 is superior to the free-market solution to parental concerns.

Is it time to give up on the pretense that these guys are any different from the Rats?