"If he wants to listen in to my calls, it's OK. I'm all for it."

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/29/terror/main1170209.shtml

Americans Split On Domestic Spying

Marilyn Acosta, a Boeing employee from Los Angeles, has a message for President Bush: "If he wants to listen in to my calls, it's OK. I'm all for it."

Not so fast, says Rosey Bystrak, who works for an architectural firm in San Diego. "Bush thinks he's a king and not a president, so it doesn't surprise me," she says, referring to the recent revelation that after 9/11, the president authorized the interception of communications between the U.S. and other countries without a judge's approval.

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Retired construction worker Robert Hobbs comes down on the president's side. "We have to stop terrorists when they start talking about doing something," Hobbs says from his wheelchair in the park, watching dogs run in a canine-friendly grassy area. "You need to get them then. You can't wait for a court order."

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In Garner, N.C., Michael Akins will give his name, but won't let a reporter take his picture. Akins worries a newspaper picture with his anti-administration opinions next to it would spark interest from federal agents. "They'd be tapping my phone. I'm serious," he says.

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At Chicago's Intelligentsia coffee shop, Bonnie Angel says surveillance without a warrant could be justified if the government had good reason to suspect someone of involvement in terrorism. "Sometimes it's justified without a warrant," says Angel. "If you put too many strangleholds on they can't do their job. And the 'bad guys' know they can't do their job and take full advantage of it."