Is this the will of the people?
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A majority of those surveyed now think Snowden should be criminally charged for his leaking and don't view the surveillance as an unjustified intrusion into people's privacy; interestingly, more people thought it wasn't an unjustified intrusion into their own privacy vs. the privacy of others.
It's just one poll, yeah, but don't assume you know the will of the people.
17. Do you think that the National Security Agency's surveillance of telephone
call records and internet traffic does or does not intrude on some Americans'
privacy rights?
Does Intrude: 74%
Does Not Intrude: 22%
No Opinion: 4%If you look further down, you'll see that there's a breakdown by people who feel the intrusion is justified or not. Further, when you look at responses for how people view the surveillance as an intrusion into their own privacy vs. that of others, you find people are either less likely to view it as an intrusion into their privacy or more likely to view it as a justified intrusion.