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Newsweek Poll: Americans Concerned About NSA Surveillance

By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Sat May 13, 2006 at 12:19:22 PM EST
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A Newsweek poll has been released on the NSA warrantless surveillance of Americans.

According to the latest NEWSWEEK poll, 53 percent of Americans think the NSA's surveillance program "goes too far in invading people's privacy," while 41 percent see it as a necessary tool to combat terrorism.

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    Newsweek Poll: Americans Concerned About NSA Surveillance | 1 comment (1 topical)
    Re: Newsweek Poll: Americans Concerned About NSA (none / 0) (#1)
    by squeaky on Sat May 13, 2006 at 02:48:31 PM EST
    PPJ wrote rather gleefully about a flash poll:
    et al - ABC Poll says by 2 to 1 Americans have no problem with this.
    Even though, given two days to digest the news, most americans now do have a problem with the WH making hay out of the 4th amendment it does not matter. billmon puts it clearly:
    It defeats the purpose of having a 4th Amendment if its validiity is entirely dependent on breaking 50% in the latest poll. It would be nice to have "the people" on our side in this debate, and obviously a lot of them are, even if Doherty's plurality still prefers Leviathan's crushing embrace. But some things are wrong just because they're wrong -- not because a temporary majority (or even a permanent one) thinks they're wrong.
    billmon

    Newsweek Poll: Americans Concerned About NSA Surveillance | 1 comment (1 topical)