Snowden Seen as Whistleblower (not traitor) by Majority in New Poll

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4. Well, it's

not good that 34 percent see him as a "traitor."

The question is black and white. The poll also shows that by a six-point margin, American support this 51 percent to 45 percent:

42. Do you support or oppose the federal government program in which all phone calls are scanned to see if any calls are going to a phone number linked to terrorism?

Among 18 to 29 year-olds, a slight majority oppose it, 50 percent to 47 percent.

Still, Americans see the program as "too intrusive." From the text.

While voters support the phone-scanning program 51 - 45 percent and say 54 - 40 percent that it "is necessary to keep Americans safe," they also say 53 - 44 percent that the program "is too much intrusion into Americans' personal privacy."

"Americans' views on anti-terrorism efforts are complicated," said Brown. "They see the threat from terrorism as real and worth defending against, but they have a sense that their privacy is being invaded and they are not happy about it at all."

It will be interesting to see other polling.