Majority of Americans Support Increased Surveillance, Poll Shows

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Majority of Americans Support Increased Surveillance, Poll Shows

A majority of Americans favor increasing surveillance of suspected
terrorists through cameras, banking records and cellphones, a new
Harris Interactive poll shows. But many say such actions should
require authorization by Congress.

Surveillance techniques have, for the most part, inched up in public
approval, according to the telephone poll of 1,000 U.S. adults. In
July, 70% of Americans said they favor "expanded camera surveillance
on streets and in public places," up from 59% in June 2005 and 63%
shortly after Sept. 11, 2001. Support for police monitoring of
chat rooms and other online forums has also risen. In the latest
poll, 62% of respondents said they favor such monitoring, up from
50% in February 2004 and 57% a year earlier.

While Americans are largely divided as to whether the government
should be able to monitor cellphones and email to intercept
communications, support rose to 52% in the latest poll, up
substantially from 37% in June 2005.

However, nearly six in 10 respondents said these techniques should
be done only with authorization by Congress, compared with 38% who
wouldn't require Congressional approval.

The poll -- conducted July 21-24, 2006, before news of a terrorist
plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights from London -- also shows
that public opinion of the Bush Administration's efforts at fighting
terrorism is falling: 45% said it has done an excellent or pretty
good job, down from 57% in June 2005 and 70% in February 2004.
Nearly a third of Americans in the latest poll said the White House
has done a poor job of fighting terrorism.

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[Hugin]

1. Just goes to show... One can get a poll to say anything.

I'm sorry there isn't enough facts about the poll itself for
me to determine if this leap is really toward more surveillance.

[Eric J in MN]

2. Of course if someone is a suspected terrorist,

...law enforcement should put that person under very heavy surveillence.

This doesn't mean that all of us should be treated as potential terrorists, or that warrants are unnecessary.

[LA lady]

3. Not email, Wall Street Journal Harris Poll!

THE HARRIS POLL

Majority of Americans Support
Increased Surveillance, Poll Shows

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
August 17, 2006

A majority of Americans favor increasing surveillance of suspected terrorists through cameras, banking records and cellphones, a new Harris Interactive poll shows. But many say such actions should require authorization by Congress.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115574487305937351-Uc9bd0jkOncjifhloyS8gQ6cctQ_20070816.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top

Surveys are posted with article

[eccles12]

4. As I said in my own post, I never thought Americans would embrace

the kind of government predicted in Orwell's "1984."

[kurth]

5. "Majority of Americans approve tracking implants in their asses"

"Nothing to worry about if you're not a terrorist".

[MoseyWalker]

6. 78% of americans approve

of death by public hanging. 78% approve of outlawing smiles. 78% approve of self flagellation.

People will believe anything they are told to believe.

Disgusting.

[EST]

8. You are breathtakingly correct.

"Willing suspension of disbelief" is something Americans are very good at. Witness all the fantasy that is imbibed as absolute, revealed truth and the many wildly idiotic, totally fake tv shows masquerading as news/commentary, entertainment/news, Passion of __________________ (fill in the blank), reality shows, snakes,political commentary, religious dystopia, "advanced conservative studies," et cetera, ad nauseum, 'til death do us part.

Just because you can deceive some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time does not mean, as the criminal neoclowns believe, that you should do so.

[Odin2005]

7. The average American is a moron.