Google refuses US data request. 21/01/2006. ABC News Online

"The Government says Google has refused to comply with a subpoena issued last year for one million random web addresses, as well as records of all searches entered on Google during any one-week period.
The Justice Department told a US District Court on Wednesday it needed the information to prepare its case to revive the 1998 Child Online Protection Act.
The law prohibits Internet companies from knowingly making available obscene or pornographic material to minors."...more