Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Support Public Surveillance
78 percent think cameras are a good idea
WASHINGTON — 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 New York Times/CBS News Poll.
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Wow. We're getting more European every day.