Fox's Varney said NY Times willing to "undermin[e] the security of the country"; used unscientific poll to claim that 96 percent want warrantless wire

Fox's Varney said NY Times willing to "undermin[e] the security of the country"; used unscientific poll to claim that 96 percent want warrantless wiretaps
On the January 2 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, substitute host Stuart Varney said that The New York Times "will do anything to undermine President Bush politically, including undermining the security of the country." Later, Varney pointed to an unscientific online poll at FamilySecurityMatters.com -- a website affiliated with the Center for Security Policy, a think tank headed by Frank J. Gaffney Jr., a former deputy assistant secretary of defense under President Reagan -- to make the claim that "America wants those controversial wiretaps. ... Ninety-six percent of the nation says, 'Go ahead, tap away.' "
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