I use Google and still will. Who cares if they "employ spooks?" Just because a person once worked for a NAtional Security Agency doesn't mean he's a "spy" or that he cares anything about what I search for. For goodness sakes, the guy could have been a file clerk at the NSA, or a cook in the lunchroom - does that mean we should never patronize anyone who employs ex-military or ex-FBI or ex-NSA? No.

No one says you have to install the Toolbar thing.

No one says you have to have cookies enabled to use Google.

I do not believe information is a bad thing. People can do bad things, yes, but when has that NOT been true?

I am not ashamed of anything I have ever "Googled" for.