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Re:A Year Later, Most Americans Think Snowden Did The Right ... by cklaus on Friday May 30, 2014 @01:10AM (#7820387)
It depends on the question asked... if you ask people whether he did the right thing by exposing the surveillance, 55% yes.

another poll in favor of snowden: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/edward-snowden-supp...

if you ask them if he should stand trial, they also agree with that. tweaking the poll question can make a significant difference.

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Re:A Year Later, Most Americans Think Snowden Did The Right ... by jessaustin on Friday May 30, 2014 @01:55AM (#7820487)
One could just pick defendants at random from the general population and get most Americans to vote for a trial. We are jealous, vindictive bastards.
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Re:A Year Later, Most Americans Think Snowden Did The Right ... by rtpg on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:17AM (#7820631)
Or a country that believes in the rule of law above other things.

You can simultaneously believe that what someone did was the right thing and think that they still need to stand trial. Now, believing those two and not thinking some sort of reform is necessary might be a harder position to hold.

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Re:A Year Later, Most Americans Think Snowden Did The Right ... by mariodiana on Friday May 30, 2014 @07:28AM (#7821180)
If we're going to go by the rule of law, let's start with the offenders in this administration, the last administration, and in the intelligence and law enforcement community.
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Re:A Year Later, Most Americans Think Snowden Did The Right ... by cema on Friday May 30, 2014 @09:58AM (#7821795) 

  It depends on the question asked.
Exactly. Subtle changes in the wording can bring about substantial differences in the poll outcome. Nuances are often important (and too often overlooked, imho).
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Re:A Year Later, Most Americans Think Snowden Did The Right ... by SEJeff on Friday May 30, 2014 @09:26AM (#7821603)
Makes me think of... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_poll
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