Poll Watch: Majority Say CIA Harsh Interrogations Justified
Posted by: Flap in Barack Obama, CIA, Polling
A new Gallup Poll finds 51% of Americans in favor and 42% opposed to an investigation into the use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects during the Bush administration. At the same time, 55% of Americans believe in retrospect that the use of the interrogation techniques was justified, while only 36% say it was not. Notably, a majority of those following the news about this matter “very closely” oppose an investigation and think the methods were justified.
The fact is that President Obama has NOT declassified all of the CIA memos that describe the CIA enhanced interrogation techniques and their success, if any.
Obviously, the Left’s and President’s argument that the techniques were not justified has not been accepted by a majority of Americans.
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April 27th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Harsh investigation is justified because no accused would open his mouth if he know that he won’t be harmed during interrogation but CIA should need to take proper care so that they don’t pick innocent people because it really effects their mind and you give birth to one more potential terrorist of future there
April 27th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Really? You know this how? Can you speak English coherently?
April 28th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Nice to see common sense remains in the face of media and administration efforts to kill it.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
We’ve created a pro/con article on enhanced interrogation techniques on Debatepedia. It may be helpful as a way to see all the arguments and quotations, which includes the above “argument” on American public opinion favoring harsh interrogations.
http://wiki.idebate.org/index.php/Debate:_Enhanced_interrogation_techniques
May 21st, 2009 at 10:07 am
No harsh methods should be used ever and the US was not justified. All those terrorist suspects should be presumed innocent till there is proof and it is a disgrace the way they were treated. The US bought on the terror attacks by their own policies and now show themselves for what they are. Why do you think the attacks were cheered by many Euorpeans? America just can’t handle it when they are bullied, they dish it out but can’t take it.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:11 am
I call bull shit @5.
Yeah the Twin Tower and Pentagon bombings were brought on by America – yeah right.
I say dunk those Al Qaeda scum Mofos a few more times.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:20 am
#5 is pure head in the sand liberal incompetence.