Wired News: Google Won’t Hand Over Files

The government wants a list of all requests entered into Google’s search engine during an unspecified single week — a breakdown that could conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1 million randomly selected web addresses from various Google databases.

In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in its effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

If the government really wants to protect children from being abused perhaps they should google the sites that are hosting these paradise for pedophiles and subpeona their files instead, then shut them down.