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Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-the-government-they-deserve dept.

Snap E Tom writes "According to a Washington Post poll, a majority (63%) of Americans 'said they found the NSA program to be an acceptable way to investigate terrorism.' A slightly higher majority would not be bothered if the NSA collected personal calls that they made. Even though the program has received bi-partisan criticism from Congress, it appears that the public values security over privacy."

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  1. Yes, it was by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Informative
    From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/poll s/postpoll_nsa_051206.htm:

    This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone May 11, 2006 among 502 randomly selected adults.

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    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  2. So you don't have to wait to load the link... by cybercobra · · Score: 5, Informative

    They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
    - Benjamin Franklin

    When you don't teach people about the importance of civil liberties, it's no wonder they don't defend them. Bring back civics classes!

  3. Re:"Thank you for calling the U.S.A. ...." by TimothyJones · · Score: 5, Informative
    On the subject of synthetic females. I lived in Poland back in the 80's (time of a gov't imposed martial law and general civil unrest) and every time you picked up the phone, well there was that syn female "This call will be monitored. This call will be monitored, This...". That was the new dial tone. And they did monitor them too. For quite a few years. For a long while you could not even call abroad and our letters and packages, dometic and definitely otheriwse, more often than not arrived re-sealed with a big "CENSORED" stamp on them. That activity too was labeled as "protecting the country".

    Honestly, I never dreamt that I'd be brought back to those scary, communist days. In the US of all places.

  4. CNN Online poll tells different story by frieko · · Score: 5, Informative

    The CNN Online poll tells different story. It all depends who you ask: http://edition.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/24900.co ntent.html