Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic

[Ptarmigan]

Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic
http://www.people-press.org/2013/06/10/majority-views-nsa-phone-tracking-as-acceptable-anti-terror-tactic/

A majority of Americans – 56% – say the National Security Agency’s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate terrorism, though a substantial minority – 41% – say it is unacceptable. And while the public is more evenly divided over the government’s monitoring of email and other online activities to prevent possible terrorism, these views are largely unchanged since 2002, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post, conducted June 6-9 among 1,004 adults, finds no indications that last week’s revelations of the government’s collection of phone records and internet data have altered fundamental public views about the tradeoff between investigating possible terrorism and protecting personal privacy.

I question this poll.


Here is this from Rasmussen.

59% Oppose Government’s Secret Collecting of Phone Records
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2013/59_oppose_government_s_secret_collecting_of_phone_records

Most voters oppose the U.S. government’s secret collection of the phone records of millions of Americans and think the feds are spying too much on U.S. citizens these days.  Just 26% of Likely U.S. Voters favor the government’s secret collecting of these phone records for national security purposes regardless of whether there is any suspicion of wrongdoing. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 59% are opposed to the practice. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.

More reason I do not trust polls.

[DefiantSix]

Doesn't matter if 99% think this is the greatest thing since the hummer. It's a non-sequitur, because this is a REPUBLIC, not *******ed mob rule. The laws of our Republic are established to protect the rights of the minority INDIVIDUAL from the tyranny of the mob.