Voters Split on Whether CIA Misled Pelosi on Waterboarding

May 18, 2009 10:57 AM | | Comments (1)

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Voters are split on whether to believe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that the CIA misled her on the use of waterboarding terrorist suspects during interrogations, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 16-17.

Forty-three percent say it is very or somewhat likely that Pelosi's allegation is true while 41 percent say it is not very likely or likely at all and 16 percent are not sure. CIA Director Leon Panetta has disputed Pelosi's claim.

Fifty-nine percent of those surveyed said it was very or somewhat likely that harsh interrogation techniques helped secure valuable intelligence information while 30 percent rejected that notion. Sixty-three percent voiced a favorable opinion of the CIA while 24 percent viewed it unfavorably.

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  1. This is surely the dumbest poll question I've seen. Speaker Pelosi claims that she was lied to. Director Panaetta, who was appointed by President Obama, says she wasn't. Neither has produced documentation for his or her claim. How on earth can any of the people polled have an intelligent opinion on such an issue? It seems to me that the only basis on which a person could answer would be a general inclination to trust the Democratic Speaker of the House or the Democratic President's CIA Director. I don't even see how a person's political affiliation could help in this case.

    Posted by: Centrist Author Profile Page | May 18, 2009 3:54 PM

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