In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
[EMAIL PROTECTED].. wrote:
<snip>
> By the time this poll was
taken it was common knowledge that
> warrants for wire tapping calls
coming in to the US from
> suspected terrorists were not asked for by
the NSA nor given
> by the courts.<I stand completely behind my
comment and by the
> Washington Post Poll that the overwhelming
majority of Americans
> stand by the program that the NSA had in place
which included
> warrantless wire taps on calls from suspected
terrorists coming
> into the US. Now if you would like to show me
another poll taken
> by a major news paper or polling firm that says
Americans are
> against warrantless wiretaps in the case of
intercepting terrorist
> phone calls coming into the US, I'll be happy
to listen.
CNN/USA Today/Gallup, 1/20-22/2006
As you may know,
the Bush Administration has been wiretapping
telephone conversations
between U.S. citizens living in the United
States and suspected terrorists
living in other countries without
getting a court order allowing it to do
so. How closely have you been
following the news about this: very closely,
somewhat closely, not
too closely, or not at all?
69% are either
following it Very Closely (31%) or Somewhat Closely
(38%).
Do you
think the Bush Administration was right or wrong in
wiretapping these
conversations without obtaining a court order?"
N=506, MoE ± 5 (Form
A)
46% Right, 51% Wrong, 3% Unsure
Do you think a special
prosecutor should or should not be appointed
to investigate this matter?
N=500, MoE ± 5 (Form B)
58% (Should), 39% (Should Not), 2%
(Unsure).
http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/2006-01-23-poll.htm
Associated
Press, 1/3-5/2006
Should the Bush Administration be required to get a
warrant from a
judge before monitoring phone and Internet communications
between
American citizens in the United States and suspected terrorists,
or
should the government be allowed to monitor such communications
without a warrant?
Required to get warrant, 56%
Monitor without
a warrant, 42%
Unsure, 2%
http://www.ap-ipsosresults.com/
Zogby
Poll: Americans Support Impeaching Bush for [Warrantless]
Wiretapping,
January 9-12, 2006
If President Bush wiretapped American citizens
without the approval
of a judge, do you agree or disagree that Congress
should consider
holding him accountable through impeachment?
52%
agree, 43% disagree, 6% n/a, moe 2.9%
http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadClips.dbm?ID=12530
NBC
News/Wall Street Journal, January 26-29, 2006
Do you think that the
Bush administration should conduct wiretaps of
American citizens who are
suspected of having ties to terrorists
without a court order, or do you
think that the Bush administration
should be required to get a court order
before conducting these
wiretaps?
Should be able to wiretap without
court order, 41%
Should be required to get a court order before
wiretapping, 53%
Depends 4%
Not sure 2%
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/poll20060131.pdf
