1 It's no surprise that internet purveyors of information are now caught up in a treacherous legal tangle on an international scale after President Bush's precious Patriot and Military Acts gave him power to demand handover of identity info of third party information and communication content. The nation demanded action after 9/11, but it got a lot more than than bargained for when 800 year old democratic protectorates like habeas corpus and others are, defacto, overturned. No wonder Yahoo gave out that information. IM and email providers now don't know what to do when ANY government, foreign or national, demands the records of someone else, in the case, that unfortunate Chinese dissident. Therefor, don't blame Yahoo, blame President Bush and his neoconservative cronies in Washington. And you realize what this all means? I'll tell you, America is not the shining democracy it once was. We have sold our inalienable rights, the legacy of hundreds and hundreds of years of socio-political evolution, for a proverbial bowl of 'pottage'we prefer to call "security." That's the rub though, by this very action we become insecure in our own quarters. Nice job all alienated and disaffected voters. Your Congress, who you voted to protect your birthrights, just gave them away to preserve their seat.