The majority of U.S. citizens do not trust the National Security Agency with their personal communication data and would like the NSA to stop its dragnet surveillance programs, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
56 percent of the 1,204 adults surveyed said the government had gone too far in its collection of personal data—the extent of which was exposed by leaks provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and published by the Guardian.
70 percent of those polled favored regulations that would limit what can be monitored.
Only one-quarter considered the NSA’s practices reasonable.
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Likewise, in a 2 to 1 margin, those polled said that the U.S. government has gone too far with its Insider Threat Program that was exposed in a recent report by McClatchy. The report showed that millions of federal employees and contractors are being told to spy on each other and to tell on potential whistleblowers and leakers.
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