Judge to order Google to give up some data

A federal judge said Tuesday he intends to order Google Inc. to turn over some of its Internet records to the U.S. Department of Justice, but expressed reservations about requiring the company to share information about the sometimes sensitive requests handled by its popular search engine. Read more...

Even though Google is fighting to protect the rights of everyone who uses their search engine it looks like they are going to lose the good fight in the end. At least they stood up to the DOJ. Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL bowed to the DOJ without a single whimper. I hope Google continues the fight. I am pretty sure they have the lawyers and resources to do so. They would still probably lose in the end, so is it worth it? I think it is. It is reassuring to see a company stand against the government when it come to protecting privacy.