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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe NSA's PRISM Program Is Shockingly Uncontroversial With The American Public
In fact, the public overwhelmingly approves of the program. The poll found that 66 percent of Americans say the Obama administration was right to gather and analyze information from major internet companies to help locate suspected terrorists.
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Self-identified Republicans and Democrats approve of both programs, while Independents are much less enthusiastic. They disapprove of the NSA's phone surveillance program by a 40-58 split, and their approval of PRISM (58-41) significantly trails both Republicans (67-31) and Democrats (76-24)
http://www.businessinsider.com/prism-surveillance-poll-nsa-obama-approval-2013-6
fredamae
(4,458 posts)as the person who paid for them is honest.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)and the actual question 'do you approve of this as continued policy' is simply not asked. It could be. It just isn't.
fredamae
(4,458 posts)When the ques don't actually reflect a person's thoughts--it isn't honest and reliable when the One thing they could have asked........isn't---then it skews the results and "they" know that.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)....and the lack of oversight related to them
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)one of the articles they should be looking for is "causes" of similar nature to Snowden's backers cause. We don't need these people to have security clearance to our nation security.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)What they access at work. What they access outside of work. etc.
And security compartments and access need to be narrowed, with more rigor to permissions to cross compartments and layers of security.
DoD has too much of an "us versus them" mentality, and hence places too much trust in the "us".
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)with Congress's approval at single digits, and something does not 'add up'.
Congressional "oversight" is what is supposed to make us all trust this as a great program. Really?
Hatchling
(2,323 posts)There are popular shows that emphasize how the good guys use this awesome technology to catch the bad guys. Rarely do they ever discuss the mechanics of getting a search warrant, unless it's to further heighten the drama. I.e, someone won't let them use it and it makes it harder to catch the bad guys. The shows routinely show cops, etc. using gps to locate a criminal.
There are regularly episodes where the good guys abuse the system because it is too restrictive and guess what? They catch the bad guy and get away with it. Not to mention the episodes where brutality toward criminals is justified in order to foil evil plots such as in 24.
But it's all ok, because the heroes are such trust worthy, likable, quirky individuals who are just trying to do their best to help us.
A few examples:
A Person of Interest
NCIS
NCIS Los Angeles.
24
I'm sure there are others. These are just the few I have enjoyed watching. In watching reruns of some of these in light of the recent revelations, they turned my stomach.
In a burst of CT, I do wonder if these shows (especially Person of Interest) are merely coincidence. I doubt it.
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Not to be confused with knowledge. The only thing that will get the American publics attention is taking their drug away. The internet.
As long as we have this endless supply of information we will not care what we give up in exchange.