Harris Poll Shocker

Following the uproar over expanded surveillance powers that came from the leak to the New York Times, a new Harris Poll shows that the same amount of people "feel that U.S. law enforcement is using its expanded surveillance powers in a proper way". The poll data is as follows:

"Overall, thinking about the possibility of terrorist threats, do you feel that U.S. law enforcement is using its expanded surveillance powers in a proper way, or not?"

Base: All Adults

	June 2005	Feb. 2006
Using expanded surveillance powers in a proper way	57%	57%
Not using in a proper way	34	40
Not sure/Decline to answer	8	3

Source: Wall Street Journal