In the wake of the recent disclosure of two classified U.S. surveillance programs, most Americans disapprove of the government collecting the phone numbers of ordinary Americans, but approve of its monitoring those suspected of terrorist activity, according to a new CBS News poll. Seventy-five percent of Americans approve of federal […] Read more »
Domestic Surveillance Could Create a Divide in the 2016 Primaries
A poll released on Monday by the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post found a partisan shift in the way Americans view the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance programs. In the survey, slightly more Democrats than Republicans said they found it acceptable for the N.S.A. to track Americans’ phone […] Read more »
Most Americans back NSA tracking phone records, prioritize probes over privacy
A large majority of Americans say the federal government should focus on investigating possible terrorist threats even if personal privacy is compromised, and most support the blanket tracking of telephone records in an effort to uncover terrorist activity, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll. [cont.] Jon Cohen, […] Read more »
Lawmakers Work To Gauge Public Mood On NSA And Leaker
When it comes to secrets leaker Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency’s phone records and Internet snooping, some in Congress face a dilemma. Namely, how to read public opinion. [cont.] Frank James, NPR News Recent polls: Counter-terrorism and surveillance Read more »
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 […] Read more »
Of Slippery Slopes
… By 2011, only 25 percent of those polled were willing to have their civil liberties violated while 71 percent were not. More recently, following the Boston bombings, there was bit of a relapse; a CNN/Time/ORC International survey found that 40 percent of respondents were willing to give up civil […] Read more »