New GallupPoll: Anti-Terrorism Tactics Evaluated In U.S. (39% OK Torture)

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(Angus Reid - CPOD Global Scan) – Many adults in the United States say they would be willing to have their government assassinate known terrorists, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 65 per cent of respondents support the tactic.

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Polling Data

Would you be willing—or not willing—to have the U.S. government do each of the following, if the government thought it were necessary to combat terrorism?

Willing Not/willing/No opinion

Assassinate known terrorists

65% 33% 2%

Assassinate leaders of countries
that harbour terrorists

37% 59% 4%

Torture known terrorists if they
know details about future terrorist
attacks in the U.S.

39% 59% 2%

Use nuclear weapons to
attack terrorist facilities

27% 72% 1%

Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 480 American adults, conducted from Jan. 7 to Jan. 9, 2005. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

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