NewsMax Poll Results

NewsMax recently ran a poll on the New York Times. The results are in:

1) Was the New York Times wrong in reporting about a secret U.S. program that tracked financial transactions of terror suspects? Wrong: 94 percent Not Wrong: 6 percent 2) Should the New York Times be prosecuted for their disclosures of this program? Yes: 93 percent No: 7 percent 3) Do you believe the government should be allowed to obtain financial records without a court approved warrant? Yes: 80 percent No: 20 percent 4) Are you willing to give up, even partially, your civil liberties to help stop terrorism? Yes: 84 percent No: 16 percent 5) Do you believe the Bush administration's wiretapping and other surveillance programs are justified even if they infringe on civil liberties? Justified: 92 percent Not justified: 8 percent

The results of the civil liberties question disturbs me. Ok, it MORE than disturbs me. My answer was NO, I'm not willing to give up my civil liberties. However, if some looney tune terrorist's "civil liberties" are trashed, I have NO problem.