THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, INTERNET PRIVACY WOULD BE DEAD. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! U.S. sent Google 8,888 requests for user-data in 2010. “Google fielded 8,888 requests from the United States government last year asking for information on people using its services, the company wrote in a report on Monday. The total number is likely higher because the Google statistics only cover criminal investigations. The U.S. is by far the most active, and successful, solicitor of private info from Google, accounting for about one-third of all federal requests last year, according to the data. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission formally launched an antitrust investigation into Google’s business on Thursday.”