From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:30:00 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: More evidence that democracy is bunk
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	And some people think democracies secure civil liberties...
	-Allen

>Poll finds most Americans want broader authority to probe terrorism

>   _(c) Copyright 1996 Nando.net_
   
>    Associated Press
    
>   NEW YORK -- Americans overwhelmingly want the federal government to
>   have more authority to check out terrorist groups, according to a CBS
>   news poll released Tuesday.
   
[...]

>   As an antidote, 80 percent believe the federal government should have
>   more power to investigate terrorists, but just 52 percent believe
>   wiretaps should be expanded.
   
>   Three out of five said they still favor giving the government more
>   power even if that meant groups unrelated to terrorism were
>   investigated, too.
   
>   Even if it cost more, nearly nine out of 10 people surveyed want more
>   security checkpoints, guards and metal detectors -- and they'd be
>   willing to wait longer in lines -- at public events.