At issue is whether the U.S. Government has the right to examine electronic databases of public corporations. Specifically, all of Google's search records for a [classified] week. Oh, and a million more records for good measure. Unfortunately, the legal precedent for this action has already been well established. The government can, and ultimately it will.

Whether or not this decision is publically acceptable is another issue. It is not a legal issue. Whether or not this concerns you sort of depends on what kinds of things you usually search for online.  Are you the kind of person who looks up the prices of ipods and rock-n-roll memorabilia? Or the more inquisitive type - say for instance doing high-resolution flyovers of the Tajikistan border, and researching Islamic history? How about searching the web for collimators and gas centrifuge auctions?

There are folks like me who do all of the above... But to steal a quote [Scott McNealy] "You've already lost your privacy. Get over it".