[privacy] Newsweek Poll: Americans Wary of NSA Spying

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via Newsweek.

[snip]

Has the Bush administration gone too far in expanding the powers of the President to fight terrorism? Yes, say a 
majority of Americans, following this week’s revelation that the National Security Agency has been secretly collecting 
the phone records of U.S. citizens since the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12771821/site/newsweek/site/newsweek/

- ferg


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