When the US government pushes for a puppet

I saw this headline on the politically sleazy (and notoriously unreliable) Saudi news website of the news station of King Fahd's brother-in-law, Al-Arabiyya.  It claimed that Mustafa Abdul-NATO is the most popular man in Libya.  I really had my suspicious and read further to find out that the poll was conducted by the DNI.  I mean, I know that the US is not pleased with `Ali Zaydan but come on.  Also, can someone tell me how the DNI was able to conduct the survey in war-torn Libya these days?