Microsoft has complied with our request, as has Yahoo and AOL. We have not analyzed the data yet.

We also approached Yahoo, MSN, and AOL. They all complied with our request.

AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo did not violate the privacy of any user by handing over this information. No private data was revealed. Nevertheless, by not pushing back against such a bad request for data, it leaves open the real fear that they might not push back if the US government decided to go on a real fishing expedition in the future. Privacy may not have been lost but trust was.

Microsoft would do whatever they can to keep AT&T from going to AOL.

We've had this request from Senator Leahy, and we're going to review it as we do all requests from the Hill. We're at the very beginning of our review to see if there's any action the Department should take.

They all own GE, they all own Microsoft, and you're starting to see AOL show up. You're seeing a lot of common names.