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NSA spying, Edward Snowden, and the Polls: Misrepresenting public opinion
(This article was originally published on August 24, 2014 in iPolitics under the title “Spying blind: How polls provide cover for domestic espionage”) Using inappropriately vague and misleading questions, polls have found an American public evenly divided in their support of … Continue reading →
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Tagged biased polling, Edward Snowden, Fourth Amendment, ill-informed public, James Clapper, Keith Alexander, lying in Congress, NSA spying, privacy rights, terrorism
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