SAY WHAT: This week's "Say What" segment asks Miami Valley people what they make of a new Gallup poll that shows 53 percent of Americans oppose surveillance programs that allow the National Security Agency to collect records of most everyone's phone calls and emails.
Local folks we talked with instead favored focusing on individuals under actual suspicion rather than allowing the NSA to make sweeping collections of data.
The issue becomes more complicated when you look at party affiliation.
Back when George W. Bush was president, most Republicans favored surveillance under the Patriot Act while Democrats (including then-Senator Barack Obama) opposed it. Now that Obama is president, he has expanded that surveillance and many fellow Democrats support that while most Republicans oppose it.
In many cases, it's an issue of trust: the IRS and Department of Justice scandals have lowered trust in this administration.
To read more about the Gallup poll and the general issue click here
and here.
Local folks we talked with instead favored focusing on individuals under actual suspicion rather than allowing the NSA to make sweeping collections of data.
The issue becomes more complicated when you look at party affiliation.
Back when George W. Bush was president, most Republicans favored surveillance under the Patriot Act while Democrats (including then-Senator Barack Obama) opposed it. Now that Obama is president, he has expanded that surveillance and many fellow Democrats support that while most Republicans oppose it.
In many cases, it's an issue of trust: the IRS and Department of Justice scandals have lowered trust in this administration.
To read more about the Gallup poll and the general issue click here
and here.