[citation][nom]raven2510[/nom]Not surprised. They don't want us to know whats really going on.[/citation]
As a statement of the bleedin' obvious, that is, of course, true. By definition, someone who asks for something to be made less available is not wanting people to see it.
As a statement of the conspiratorial it's a big fail.
"Second on Google's government request list is the United States. Google received 117 court orders"
"They" - that nebulous conglomerate made up of many individual entities which, and who, are far more likely to be acting in their own interests than as one - issued fewer than one court order every day. Is that really sufficient repression for anyone who "doesn't want us to know what's really going on"? I think not.