Poll: Old people want WikiLeaks to be prosecuted

McClatchy Newspapers
Dec. 13, 2010

By the way, 80% of people are for the naked body scanners.

This is the most fascinating thing about this poll:
# Among those age 18 to 29, 52 percent said the publishers were protected by the First Amendment and 47 percent said they should be prosecuted.

# Among those age 30 to 44, the numbers shifted to 37 percent for First Amendment protection and 50 percent for prosecution.

# Among those age 45 to 59, it was 25 percent for protection and 65 percent for prosecution.

# And among those 65 and older, it was 20 percent for protection and 68 percent for prosecution.
Wowzers, that's huge, anarchist utopia here we come! ;) - Chris...The survey found that 70 percent of Americans think the leaks are doing more harm than good by allowing America's enemies to see confidential and secret information about U.S. foreign policy.

Just 22 percent think the leaks are doing more good than harm by making the U.S. government more transparent and accountable, the stated goal of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

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