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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Americans believe CIA interrogation techniques were justified

More Americans than not believe that harsh interrogation tactics used by the CIA during the Bush administration were 'justified' and produced worthwhile intelligence, even if they were 'torture,' a poll released today shows.

Survey-takers discovered that a plurality of interviewees believe the brutal interrogations were justified, 49 percent, and resulted in reliable intelligence, 57 percent.

But even while giving the CIA their blessing to forcefully question suspected terrorists, nearly seven in 10 in Americans said they consider waterboarding - one of the 13 approved Bush-era techniques - to be 'torture,' a CBS News poll found.

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3 comments:

  1. Did what they had to do, but we never cut anyone's head off.

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  2. Yeah! We're principled Christian torturers. We might bomb you or torture you, but never behead you!.

    Except of course the state of Georgia and its push towards the Noahide laws..

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