Americans Strongly Accept Public Surveillance: Poll
Americans overwhelmingly favor installing video surveillance cameras in public places, judging the infringement on their privacy as an acceptable trade-off for greater security from terrorist attacks, according to the latest poll from the New York Times and CBS News.
Seventy-eight percent of people said surveillance cameras were a good idea, the poll finds. Nine out of 10 people polled said Americans would always have to live with the risk of terrorism, although many believe the government can combat the threat through rigorous law enforcement and proper regulation, the article reports.