• Washington Post, Thursday, February 4, 2010 2:20 PM

Being Google has its advantages and disadvantages. Sure, you're a huge target for cyber crimes, but you can also enlist the National Security Agency, i.e., the world's most powerful and clandestine electronic surveillance organization, to help catch the criminals. In particular, the search giant is interested in the attack that recently occurred in China, and targeted its computer networks.

The objective, according to The Washington Post, "is to better defend Google -- and its users -- from future attack." Not surprisingly, Google and the NSA are keeping mum on the partnership, but, sources tell WaPo that the alliance is being designed to allow the two organizations to share "critical" information without violating Google's policies or laws that protect the privacy of Americans' online communications. We can't wait for the Congressional Hearings on this one.

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