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Americans React to President’s Proposals
If President Barack Obama thought he was going to move the needle with his speech on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs last week, he was sorely mistaken. A new Pew Research Center poll shows not only that most A mericans didn’t pay at tention but also that those who did don’t think Obama’s proposals will change anything.
According to the Pew poll conducted Jan. 17-19 (other questions were posed Jan. 15-19), 8 percent of Americans have “heard a lot” about President Barack Obama’s NSA proposals, while 41 percent have “heard a little.” Of these groups:
A ARON BL AKE (THE WASHINGTON POST )
Will Obama’s NSA changes increase protections on people’s privacy? Yes 21%
No Difference 73%
“DON’T KNOW” RESPONSES NOT SHOWN
… make it more difficult for the government to fight terrorism? Yes No Difference 13% 79% Americans 53-40 disapprove of the NSA’s Internet and phone surveillance Americans say 45-43 that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaks served the public interest but say 56-32 that he should be charged with a crime.
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