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Most Americans Support Government Surveillance, Poll Says
By John Rossomando
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
December 13, 2001
(CNSNews.com) - Efforts by the ACLU and other civil liberties groups
to turn public opinion against the president's anti-terrorism
initiatives are falling on deaf ears, according to a poll conducted by
Zogby International.
"Despite the best efforts by the ACLU and other rights groups... the
various anti-terrorist efforts by the president and the attorney
general have strong public support," said pollster John Zogby,
president and CEO of Zogby International.
The Zogby poll indicates that 54 percent of Americans favor allowing
telephone conversations to be monitored; 80 percent favor allowing
video surveillance of public places such as street corners; 67 percent
favor roadblock searches of vehicles, and 67 percent favor having
their mail monitored.
John Zogby says he finds it "shocking" that Americans are willing to
allow the government to have greater access to their personal lives in
exchange for security.
"We are in a moment where fear trumps other considerations," Zogby
said. "Frankly, I guess I never thought [that] I would live to see the
day when Americans would want their cars stopped and checked, or their
mail monitored, but we certainly had that day."
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