Google in the Trenches

While the President and the other Tricky Dick Cheney would have us believe that our soldiers are killing and dying in Iraq to defend democracy, an unlikely defender of Freedom and the American Way has stepped forward. Attorney General González apparently issued an edict demanding that internet companies provide a list of all searches made in a given week by a random list of users – could be you or me. America On Line and Yahoo submitted those names – maybe yours or mine. Google refused to rat out its users.

4th Amendment:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Legal scholars out there – is it the 4th amendment González just trod upon?
Thank you, Google, for standing firm in defense of the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, democracy, freedom and the American Way against “all enemies...domestic”!

Google, you are and will continue to be my search engine of choice.