En l'etern debat entre llibertat i seguretat, el 64% dels americans aposten per la seguretat. Convençuts que la força de les seves institucions democràtiques no permetran que les mesures excepcionals del govern es tornin en contra dels seus ciutadans, es manifesten clarament i sense complexos per permetre que l'Agència de Seguretat Nacional pugui interceptar les comunicacions telefòniques dels sospitosos de terrorisme. Un nou revés per a l'estratègia demòcrata de terra cremada. Així ho constata l'últim sondeig de Rasmussen Reports.
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.