EFF, Illegal Wiretapping, Google "docs" and you

As I finish my second cup of coffee, I begin to ruminate on yesterday's passel of "big news'. . .Lost in the shuffle of the "Potomac Primaries" and the seeming inevitability of a November race for President between Senators McCain and Obama, was the vote in the United States Senate to immunize telecoms from legal responsibility for the felonious activity they participated in during their felonious dalliance with the federal government's illegal wiretapping program (btw--started well before the attacks of 9/11). . .This troubling event sends a warning to every American concerned about electronic privacy. . .For those of you interested in this area, I recommend checking out the Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org). . .Recently, EFF decided to participate in a very important lawsuit that has ramifications for all of us who have a laptop and travel with it. . .A man who was fed up with the invasive search of his laptop everytime he traveled by air filed a lawsuit alleging an ongoing breach of his 4th Amendment rights--btw, the phrase "probable cause" is still included in the text of the 4th Amendment to our U.S. Constitution. . .Now how does "Google docs" fit in. . .Well, the people at Google, who have laptops and travel with them, have produced something which allows one to avoid the aforementioned problem. . .With "Google docs" you don't need to travel with a laptop, you just store your work with "Google docs" and when you arrive at your appointed destination, find an internet connection (at your hotel, at the airport, etc, etc, etc.), login, and you're back to work (does Google protect the privacy of your stored work product?--we will see). . .Pretty neat, huh?. . .Well, Google thinks it's neat enough that this is a major part of its tactics to knock Microsoft off of the technology pinnacle. . .Now you understand why Microsoft is attempting to purchase Yahoo!. . .Stay tuned. . .drfaust