>From The Associated Press, 2/17/06:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/te...s_x.htm?csp=34

Google rips Justice Department in court papers

By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO --

Google criticized the Bush administration's demand to examine millions
of its users' Internet search requests as a misguided fishing
expedition that threatens to ruin the company's credibility and reveal
its closely guarded secrets.

The Mountain View, Calif.-based company delivered its indignant
critique Friday in a 25-page brief that marked its initial legal
response to the U.S. Justice Department's attempt to force the online
search engine leader to comply with a 6-month-old subpoena.

The Justice Department has until Feb. 24 to respond to the papers that
Google filed Friday.

A hearing for oral arguments is scheduled March 13 before U.S. District
Judge James Ware in San Jose, Calif.

The case has attracted widespread attention because the Justice
Department's demand to peek under the hood of the Internet's most
popular search engine has underscored the potential for online
databases becoming tools for government surveillance.

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