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reply posted on 12-5-2006 @ 10:25 PM by Sauron

Here is the article from the Washington post, I'm not sure if you will have to subscribe to view the piece.

www.washingtonpost.com...

Poll: Most Americans Support NSA's Efforts
A majority of Americans initially support a controversial National Security Agency program to collect information on telephone calls made in the United States in an effort to identify and investigate potential terrorist threats, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The new survey found that 63 percent of Americans said they found the NSA program to be an acceptable way to investigate terrorism, including 44 percent who strongly endorsed the effort. Another 35 percent said the program was unacceptable, which included 24 percent who strongly objected to it.

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reply posted on 12-5-2006 @ 10:29 PM by Umbrax

Originally posted by spacedoubt
Hi Umbrax,

Was that for me? If so, I still don't see anything about wiretapping.
Which was my point, the thread title is misleading..This is about call logging.

Ah, I see what you mean now.

reply posted on 14-5-2006 @ 11:04 PM by Circa

Wow, why do all of you have such strong beliefs in not wanting to be heard on the phone? How many of you actually just sit on the phone and talk about NASA, and Bush anyway? Obviously there is a reason for wire tapping, and my bet is for our own security. I could care less if my phone conversations are heard. They mostly consist of me meeting with friends/girlfriends, or talking to relatives about how i'm doing. I do see how it could eventually lead to more serious spying events, but I really don't think wire tapping is all that bad.

reply posted on 15-5-2006 @ 12:24 AM by mad scientist

Gee, that must be the 63% of Americans who don't use the phone for criminal, emabrrassing or illegal purposes.

reply posted on 15-5-2006 @ 03:59 PM by Jakomo

Mad scientist:

Gee, that must be the 63% of Americans who don't use the phone for criminal, emabrrassing or illegal purposes.

Yeah, and the 37% who don’t agree must be those people who believe that their government has no right to pry into their personal lives under the laughable guise of national security.

They must be real Americans, those 37%. Educated, thoughtful, and concerned not only for themselves but for the country that they are leaving for their children. For the freedoms that they have enjoyed under the U.S. Constitution, that they will fight to protect. They care about things like privacy, and about holding the President accountable to the Constitution that HE SWORE TO UPHOLD when he took the Oath of Office. Swore on the Bible to uphold.

Those 63% are just rolling over and taking it. That’s un-American. Like your lying, idiot President.

-jako

reply posted on 15-5-2006 @ 04:07 PM by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf

I highly doubt 63% of Americans agree. I tend to distrust these polls.

Since about 90% of the people I know who are American basically say absolutely friggin not, and the other 10% are ultra conservatives, Ill go by my own "statistics".

I am yet to meet anyone who says, hell yeah.

reply posted on 15-5-2006 @ 04:26 PM by Census

So in otherwords, 63% of Americans are complete idiots.....now I can get back to chugging ranch dressing!

reply posted on 15-5-2006 @ 06:06 PM by Icarus Rising

The results of a new USA Today poll suggest poll results are all in the wording of the questions in the poll.

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of a massive Pentagon database containing the records of billions of phone calls made by ordinary citizens, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. About two-thirds are concerned that the program may signal other, not-yet-disclosed efforts to gather information on the general public.
POLL RESULTS: NSA database reaction

The survey of 809 adults Friday and Saturday shows a nation wrestling with the balance between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberties.

By 51%-43%, those polled disapprove of the program, disclosed Thursday in USA TODAY. The National Security Agency has been collecting phone records from three of the nation's largest telecommunication companies since soon after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Most of those who approve of the program say it violates some civil liberties but is acceptable because "investigating terrorism is the more important goal."