December 15, 2014
HECK, WE THINK IT WAS CRICKET TO KILL 200,000 CIVILIANS...:
Poll: More Americans Think CIA Program Was Justified Than Not (FELICIA SCHWARTZ, Dec. 15, 2014, WSJ)
...at Hiroshima and Nagasaki; did anyone really think we were going to mind dunking a handful of terrorists?Americans who believe the Central Intelligence Agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation and detention program was justified significantly outnumber those who don't think it was warranted, according to a poll released Monday.A survey conducted by Pew Research Center found 51% of Americans think the CIA practices were warranted, compared with 29% who said the techniques were not, and 20% who didn't express an opinion. A majority of those polled, 56%, believed the interrogation methods provided intelligence that helped prevent terrorist attacks.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 15, 2014 5:36 PM
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