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Gold9472
02-15-2006, 07:23 PM
Fifth of Americans think calls have been monitored

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/14/poll.wiretaps/index.html

Tuesday, February 14, 2006; Posted: 6:41 p.m. EST (23:41 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- About a fifth of Americans think federal agents have listened in on their phone calls, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll released Tuesday suggests.

Twenty-one percent of the 1,000 adults who replied to the survey conducted Thursday through Sunday said it was very likely or somewhat likely their conversations had been wiretapped, while 52 percent said it was not at all likely.

Twenty-four percent said it was not too likely.

The sampling error for the question was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Shortly after 9/11, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of communications -- phone calls, e-mails and text messages -- between people inside the United States, including Americans, and terrorist suspects overseas, bypassing a secret court set up to provide warrants for such surveillance.

The Bush administration has said the program is designed to monitor terrorists, while critics say the spying is illegal and may infringe on the civil liberties of Americans.

According to the poll, Americans appear to be split over the legality of the domestic eavesdropping program. About 49 percent of respondents said the president had definitely or probably broken the law by authorizing the wiretaps and 47 percent said he probably or definitely had not. (Poll results)

Those numbers were similar to a question about whether the program is right or wrong -- 47 percent said it was right and 50 percent called it wrong.

The sampling error for those questions was plus or minus 5 percentage points.

jetsetlemming
02-15-2006, 09:22 PM
There's a difference in thinking agents have listened to their calls, and just recorded their calls.

somebigguy
02-15-2006, 09:27 PM
Whether the calls were listened or recorded, it is an invasion of privacy. There is no way to justify it, so don't bother trying, especially when you consider the fact that everyone of us is considered a potential terrorist for visiting this site.

Gold9472
02-15-2006, 09:28 PM
You terrorist.

jetsetlemming
02-15-2006, 09:32 PM
I wasn't trying to. Most people believe that somewhere the government has one big computer that records all the phone calls and emails and faxes sent in america. It's a very common conspiracy.

Gold9472
02-15-2006, 09:39 PM
I wasn't trying to. Most people believe that somewhere the government has one big computer that records all the phone calls and emails and faxes sent in america. It's a very common conspiracy.

Conspiracy fact.

Gold9472
02-15-2006, 09:42 PM
http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7426
http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7307
http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2471

jetsetlemming
02-15-2006, 09:44 PM
I made a point to just say conspiracy, not conspiracy theory, Gold.

Gold9472
02-15-2006, 09:47 PM
I made a point to just say conspiracy, not conspiracy theory, Gold.

You made a point to make it seem like it doesn't exist, and it does.

jetsetlemming
02-16-2006, 02:18 PM
Fine, you can decide what all my points are from now on. Rule your board with all your statist inner fantasies.

Gold9472
02-16-2006, 02:22 PM
Fine, you can decide what all my points are from now on. Rule your board with all your statist inner fantasies.

"Most people believe that somewhere the government has one big computer that records all the phone calls and emails and faxes sent in america. It's a very common conspiracy."

Then what the fuck does that mean?

Gold9472
02-16-2006, 02:23 PM
Please explain it to me like I'm a 4 year old.

jetsetlemming
02-16-2006, 02:34 PM
It means that when someone talks about things they believe the government does without telling the people, thats the first thing out of almost everyone. It's commonly known/believed. I'm not argueing for or against the damn plot. Personally, I've seen some good evidence in it's favor, but it hasn't really caught my attention.

Gold9472
02-16-2006, 02:36 PM
And I'm telling you that it exists, and its' name is Echelon.

jetsetlemming
02-16-2006, 02:38 PM
I've heard it called "Aquinas".

Gold9472
02-16-2006, 02:42 PM
Nope. Echelon monitors the entire world's communications.