| Should the National Security Agency be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States? | |
| Yes | 64% |
| No | 23% |
They are taking this wiretapping issue and reminding Americans that they are weak on defense. American's are remembering that the Left is the party of cry babies, the party that puts the "rights" of terrorists before the safety of Americans...keep it up, you might lose more seats again in 2006.
December 28, 2005--Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) should be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 23% disagree.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Americans say they are following the NSA story somewhat or very closely.
Just 26% believe President Bush is the first to authorize a program like the one currently in the news. Forty-eight percent (48%) say he is not while 26% are not sure.
Eighty-one percent (81%) of Republicans believe the NSA should be allowed to listen in on conversations between terror suspects and people living in the United States. That view is shared by 51% of Democrats and 57% of those not affiliated with either major political party.
Right now my poll on the same topic is 92% to 8% for Bush.
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anamericanaway is back!!!!
good to see you and your wordy answers. The American people are going to definately be on the Right side this time. All Bush and the Right have to do is ask the American people if their safety is more important than if the government listens to arabs in America talk to terrorists....the answer is simple and has been shown here in this poll...I love how AAA forgets to comment on certain things...
I am wondering why they did go around the warrents..but if you look down a bit you will see a story that says the court was rejecting more and more requests...and since most Americans see lawyers and red tape as annoying crap, they will have no problem with Bush going around them to keep us safe
Of course the NSA should be able to intercept these telephone conversations. I'm quite surprised the numbers aren't 100% accross the board. I think they should be allowed.
The question as shown in your link does not ask if the NSA should be able to intercept conversations illegally. That would produce different results, I'm sure.
Good luck american. I've been trying to get this into their heads since the story broke. I don't know if the taps are illegal or not, but there sure seems to be a lot people, including real, REAL conservatives who are concerned about it.
I haven't read the full text myself, but wouldn't the Patriot Act (not the watered down PC version) do just that, Jim? Does it not make such actions legal? After all, the government made the laws, they can change the laws at will. The question of the legality of any given action is purely academic, especially in hindsight, and of no practical or real consequence.
What matters are the results.
It is indesputable fact that aside from the brief anthrax incident immediately following 9/11, we have not been attacked. Beyond that, it is reasonable to assume, even likely that in the absence of certain provisions (the Patriot Act, and the executive order in question), this would not be the case. Time after time, we keep hearing in the news (if you're paying attention) about terrorist plots that have been foiled, suspects arrested on suspicion, later proven conspirators in attack plans, etc. In this situation, the question should not be, "Is it Legal?" but rather, "Is it good, and is it working?" and if so, "Should this continue or be intensified?"
The right does things to protect us and make us stronger, the left does things to make us weaker. they don't like us bing stronger than every other country...
I think all of these surveillance methods should be used. I don't have a problem with their being used. Why do you think that we have issues with the methods? I keep saying that, and so does pretty much everybody else. Most of the Patriot Act is fine with me.
But when you do these things without following a legal process, the rule of law, you run into problems. Some of the arrests and convictions you mention may be reversed because proper procedures were not followed. That's unfortunate, because the DOJ could better spend their time trying to catch and prosecute these people than going back and cleaning up their own mess.
The right protects and the left weakens? The US was attacked by terrorists in 1993. There was not another terrorist attack for the next 8 years, seven of those during the Clinton administration. In what way has the left made us weaker?
The very fact that procedural errors CAN result in the releasing of dangerous terrorists and other criminals IS the problem with our justice system.
I know there's a balance that must be reached to protect the innocent, but when a burgler successfully sues the homeowner for cuts recieved while breaking a window, when helicopter pilots are darn near court martialed for finishing off a terrorist that they wounded only seconds before, when known serial child molesters are released because the prosecuting attorney forgot to file the paperwork correctly... Things have gone too far.
That is the PC world hurting us...we could list hundreds of stories showing this
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