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Questions - NSA - October 16-17, 2013

53% Still Don’t Trust Feds to Keep NSA Surveillance Legal
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 16-17, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about the National Security Agency?

2* As part of the effort to fight terrorism, the National Security Agency has been tracking telephone calls and e-mails made by millions of Americans. Do you favor or oppose the NSA’s tracking of these phone calls and e-mails?

3* In thinking about these surveillance efforts, do you trust the president, the executive branch, Congress and federal judges to make sure the program is abiding by the Constitution?

4* How likely is it that the continuing disclosure of the NSA phone and email surveillance programs is hurting U.S. national security?

5* How likely is it that the NSA phone and email surveillance programs have inappropriately violated the privacy of innocent Americans?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence