[governance] Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds

Tue Jun 11 11:35:35 EDT 2013

1,004 is by no means a statistically sound representation of the number of
people living in the USA.

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:

>
> http://www.people-press.org/2013/06/10/majority-views-nsa-phone-tracking-as-acceptable-anti-terror-tactic/2/
>
> ABOUT THE SURVEY
> The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted
> June 6-9, 2013, among a national sample of 1,004 adults 18 years of age or
> older living in the continental United States ... etc etc
>
>
> Pew's considered good.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2013, at 12:22 AM, Simon Ontoyin wrote:
>
> > A contagiously hilarious study. 100 people?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds
> >
> > <picture-5.jpg>
> > Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2013 17:48 -0400
> >
> >
> > In what is likely the most disappointing, if not unexpected, news of the
> day, we find that according to a just released Pew Research study, a
> substantial majority, or 56% of Americans, "say the National Security
> Agency’s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of           millions
> of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate
> terrorism." Only 41% object to having every phone conversation intercepted,
> investigated, analyzed, and recorded for posterity. Sorry Edward Snowden:
> you just threw your life away for nothing. The sheep have been properly and
> thoroughly conditioned and brainwashed, which is why they continue to get
> precisely the         government they so rightfully deserve.
> >
> > <6-10-13-1.png>
> >
> > More from Pew:
> >
> > The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center and The Washington
> Post, conducted June 6-9 among 1,004 adults, finds no indications that last
> week’s revelations of the government’s collection of phone records and
> internet data have altered fundamental public views about the tradeoff
> between investigating possible terrorism and protecting personal privacy.
> >
> > It just gets better:
> >
> > <6-10-13-3.png>Currently 62% say it is more important for the federal
> government to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes
> on personal privacy. Just 34% say it is more important for the government
> not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to
> investigate possible terrorist threats.
> >
> >
> > These opinions have changed little since an ABC News/Washington Post
> survey in January <6-10-13-2.png>2006. Currently, there are only modest
> partisan differences in these opinions: 69% of Democrats say it is more
> important for the government to investigate terrorist threats, even at the
> expense of personal privacy, as do 62% of Republicans and 59% of
> independents.
> >
> >
> > However, while six-in-ten or more in older age groups say it is more
> important to investigate terrorism even if it intrudes on privacy, young
> people are divided: 51% say investigating terrorism is more important while
> 45% say it is more important for the government not to intrude on personal
> privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible threats.
> >
> > The survey finds that while there are apparent differences between the
> NSA surveillance programs under the Bush and Obama administrations, overall
> public reactions to both incidents are similar. Currently, 56% say it is
> acceptable that the NSA “has been getting secret court orders to track
> telephone calls of millions of Americans in an effort to investigate
> terrorism.”
> >
> > In January 2006, a few weeks after initial new reports of the Bush
> administration’s surveillance program, 51% said it was acceptable for the
> NSA to investigate “people suspected of involvement with terrorism by
> secretly listening in on telephone calls and reading e-mails between some
> people in the United States and other countries, without first getting
> court approval to do so.”
> >
> > Perhaps least surprising is that once the most vocal objector to "Dubya"
> pervasive surveillance, the Democrats, are now its most ardent defenders.
> And so once again, political party line stupidity trumps common sense.
> >
> > Republicans and Democrats have had very different views of the two
> operations. Today, only about half of Republicans (52%) say it is
> acceptable for the NSA to obtain court orders to track phone call records
> of millions of Americans to investigate terrorism. In January 2006, fully
> 75% of Republicans said it was acceptable for the NSA to investigate
> suspected terrorists by listing in on phone calls and reading emails
> without court approval.
> >
> >
> > <6-10-13-4.png>
> >
> >
> > Democrats now view the NSA’s phone surveillance as acceptable by 64% to
> 34%. In January 2006, by a similar margin (61% to 36%), Democrats said it
> was unacceptable for the NSA to scrutinize phone calls and emails of
> suspected terrorists.
> >
> > Of course, if the president was Romney, his head would already be on a
> stick. Metaphorically speaking of course.
> >
> > Finally, the biggest danger to America it appears is not a turnkey
> totalitarian tyrant, but broad apathy as it turns out only one in four
> follow NSA News "very closely." The other 3 in 4 are far more concerned
> with who gets to fake-wed the fake-bachelorette this season, or who is the
> victor of Dancing with the Stars.
> >
> > Roughly a quarter (27%) of Americans say they are following news about
> the government collecting Verizon phone records very closely. This is a
> relatively modest level of public interest.  Only another 21% say they are
> following this fairly closely, while about half say they are following not
> too (17%) or not at all (35%) closely.
> >
> >
> > Interest in reports about the government tracking of e-mail and online
> activities is almost identical: 26% say they are following this story very
> closely, 33% not closely at all.
> >
> >
> > Attention to these stories is higher among Republicans and
> Republican-leaning independents: 32% are following reports about the
> government tracking phone records very closely, compared with 24% of
> Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. The partisan gap in interest
> is almost identical when it comes to reports about government collecting
> email and other online information: 30% of Republicans and
> Republican-leaners are following very closely compared with 20% of
> Democrats and Democratic-leaners.
> >
> >
> > Overall, those who disagree with the government’s data monitoring are
> following the reports somewhat more closely than those who support them.
> Among those who find the government’s tracking of phone records to be
> unacceptable, 31% are following the story very closely, compared with 21%
> among those who say it is acceptable. Similarly with respect to reports
> about government monitoring of email and online activities, 28% of those
> who say this should not be done are following the news very closely,
> compared with 23% of those who approve of the practice.
> >
> > Those who wish to be even more depressed can read on here.
> >
> > As for Edward Snowden, hopefully this will teach you to throw away your
> life to liberate a bloated and apathetic society that couldn't care less if
> the slaughter-gate was slammed shut behind it, and just wants to have its
> rose-colored blinders on in perpetuity.
> >
> > Average:
> > 4.52
> > Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (25 votes)
> >
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