Gov't Anti-Terror Policies Have Not gone far enough to protect the country Gone too far in restricting civil liberties
Nearly half of Americans (47%) say their greater concern about government anti-terrorism policies is that they have gone too far in restricting the average person’s civil liberties; 35% say their greater concern is that they have not gone far enough to adequately protect the country. There has been a 15-point rise in the percentage saying their greater concern is civil liberties since Pew Research last asked the question in October 2010. This is the first time a plurality has expressed greater concern about civil liberties than security since the question was first asked in 2004.
Gov't Anti-Terror Policies Have  | Not gone far enough to protect the country  | Gone too far in restricting civil liberties  | 58  | 55  | 49  | 35  | 29  | 26  | 2004  | 2007  | 2010  | 2013  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER July 17-21, 2013. Q10. 