Not surprising at all. This just further illustrates Steve's continued mastery of media control. They're like puppets to Steve. What other person can you think of that could keep an organ transplant completely quiet for two months while under the media microscope? Get better soon Steve!

However, the Bush administration has proven (e.g. current wiretapping issue) that it actually wants to troll for information and doesn't really care if it tramples on constitutional rights. That said, I guarantee you that they are looking to use the data for other purposes as well. Even if there is no personally identifiable data requested, just wait until they mine that data and find something that they are interested in. The next step is another subpoena for the IPs associated with the queries.