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"... a Google employee who examined and evaluated the data that was collected and shared his findings with others at the company."

I thought I had been keeping up with this, but this is the first I'd heard that anyone actually looked at the captured data prior to the initial inquiry.

Let's see how long I would last if I parked my car in front of Google's offices and started snooping their WIFI network. In fact, maybe that's a good idea...flash mob Google WIFI snooping with hundreds of participants! A little taste of their own "legal" actions.

Bubowski, on 25 May 2012 - 06:38 AM, said:

Oh, and I swear I would not be using any of my gathered data in any of my products or services...

If Google has actually used the snooped data, what we could possibly be seeing are fruits of Google’s 20% time rule, the policy which allows or encourages some employees to devote 20% of their time to their own pet projects. This policy translates into “no adult supervision” over a demographic having more ingenuity than mature judgement.

Management would then be guilty of "turning a blind eye" — nod nod wink wink — instead of overtly orchestrating the snooping. This could be harder for the prosecution to prove.

Where do Pallone and Barrow stand on the issue of weapon-equipped drones patrolling American skies and the power of the military to indefinitely detain Americans without trial? A little perspective is called for. The worst thing that could happen to data Google obtained would be for it to fall into the hands of the government.