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8. (IF FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE INTRUDING, Q7) Do you think those intrusions are justified or not justified?

Justified Not justified No opinion
1/8/06 49 46 5

Q7/8 NET:

------ Intrusion -------- Not an No
NET Just. Not just. DK intrusion opin.
1/8/06 64 31 30 4 32 4

Compare to:
In investigating terrorism, do you think the federal agencies like the FBI are or are not intruding on some Americans' privacy rights?

-----Intrusion------- Not an No
NET Just. Not just. intrusion opin.
9/7/03 58 36 17 33 8

9. Which worries you more: (that Bush will not go far enough to investigate terrorism because of concerns about constitutional rights), or (that Bush will go too far in compromising constitutional rights in order to investigate terrorism)?

Will not go Will go Neither No
far enough too far (vol.) opinion
1/8/06 48 44 6 2

10. According to recent news reports, the National Security Agency has been investigating 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. How closely have you been following this story - very closely, somewhat closely, not too closely or not closely at all?

------Closely------ ------Not Closely------ No
NET Very Somewhat NET Not too Not at all opinion
1/8/06 66 20 46 34 21 13 *

11. Would you consider this wiretapping of telephone calls and e-mails without court approval as an acceptable or unacceptable way for the federal government to investigate terrorism? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?

------Acceptable------ ------Unacceptable------ No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opin.
1/8/06 51 35 15 47 14 33 2