Posted by
Defend America on Friday, December 04, 2009 7:08:18 PM
The public and CFR members continue to support divergent policies to
combat terrorism. Most notably, 19% of the public says the use of
torture is often justified to gain important information from terrorist
suspects, while 35% say the use of torture in these circumstances is at
least sometimes justified. Just 2% of CFR members say torture is often
justified, and 11% say it is sometimes justified, to gain important
information from suspected terrorists.
The
proportion of the public saying torture is at least sometimes justified
against suspected terrorists has increased modestly over the past year.
Currently, 54% say torture is at least sometimes justified to gain
important information from suspected terrorists, compared with 49% in
April and 44% in February.
http://people-press.org/report/569/americas-place-in-the-world