Public Attitudes Towards Security and Counter-Espionage Matters in the Post Cold-War Period

摘要

A national survey was conducted in 1994 on a representative sample of U.S. adulthouseholds to assess the climate of public opinion on a number of security-related issues. The findings suggest that, despite concern that the government classifies too many documents, U.S. citizens favor maintaining a high level of secrecy surrounding technology with military uses. U.S. citizens also favor the government's right to ask detailed, personal questions before giving an individual a security clearance. In addition, in matters of national security, people are willing to give up some of their right to personal privacy and favor reporting coworkers who violate security rules.