“Public opinion surprises
The most common claim to justify endless civil liberties erosions in the name of security — and to defend politicians who endorse those erosions — is that Americans don’t care about those rights and are happy to sacrifice them. The principal problem with this claim is that it is false, as a new Pew Research poll demonstrates”
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/09/public_opinion/index.html
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