Believe NSA should eavesdrop on suspects' calls without warrants
A new survey found nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the National Security Agency should monitor communications between terrorist suspects overseas and contacts inside the U.S.
According to Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports, 64 percent of respondents said the super-secret NSA should be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States. Just 23 percent disagreed, the survey found.
Meanwhile, 68 percent of those surveyed said they are following news reports about the NSA somewhat or very closely.
Barely one-quarter of those surveyed by Rasmussen, 26 percent, said they believe Bush is the first president to order warrantless eavesdropping. Forty-eight percent said he is not while 26 percent said they weren't sure.
Politically, 81 percent of Republicans said they believe the NSA should be authorized to listen in on conversations between suspected terrorists and people living in the U.S. That view is also supported by 51 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of respondents who said they were not affiliated with either major political party.
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