Index: Public support

A few articles regarding the level of public support for torture:

• 11-2005: International support for torture high
• 11-2005: One third Arizonans oppose anti-torture legislation
• 11-2005: Three quarters Americans suspect govt uses torture, one third support it
• 11-2005: Nearly two thirds of Americans say torture can be justified
• 10-2005: "Mitch" on Glen Beck's radio show
• 07-2005: Poll: Terror suspect rights important
• 06-2005: Limbaugh "Club Gitmo", insurgency website notices
• 06-2005: Poll: Americans approve of GTMO detainee treatment
• 06-2005: Senator Durbin 'gulag' furore
• 06-2005: Poll: GTMO isolated incidents
• 05-2005: Two-thirds Americans ignorant of rendition
• 05-2004: One third Americans say torture sometimes acceptable, one fifth support electrical torture
• 11-2004: President Bush re-elected
• 03-2003: Minority of Americans oppose torture, decreased from last year

A nation and its people who refuse to acknowledge its crimes and the suffering of its victims is an evil to the world and should expect only evil as its reward.
-- Tom Feeley, Information Clearing House