Questions - NSA Leaks - June 17-18, 2013
15% Favor Prosecuting Reporters Who Publish Leaked Information, 68% Disagree
12% See NSA Leaker Snowden As Hero, 21% As Traitor
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National Survey
1,000 Adults
Conducted June
17-18, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
If a reporter gets leaked information from a government whistle-blower, should
the reporter be prosecuted for publishing that information?
2* Edward Snowden, a former employee of a government contractor, has admitted
to leaking information about National Security Agency phone and email
surveillance programs. Some say he is a heroic whistleblower. Others say he is
a traitor who endangered lives and national security. Is Snowden a hero, a
traitor, somewhere in between, or is it too early to tell?
3* How likely is it that the public disclosure of the NSA phone and email
surveillance programs has hurt U.S. national security?
4* Defenders of the NSA surveillance program say that it has deterred several
terrorist attacks. Do you believe they are telling the truth or are they just
trying to justify the surveillance program?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
