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I love it... I am a republican and I would love for this administration to prosecute.... Love it!!!! That would absolutely ruin this administration it would split the country and nothing good would come from it... Nothing . I gotta tell ya I could not be happier with the way things are going right now because this bum of a president who is in way over his head will be a 1 term president. Even if this country still won't elect a republican they will elect another dem instead of this guy.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

Thanks Guys.

Pure hate politics and it is going to topple this country!

OK Mods at CNN, I can see you aren't going to post my link showing proof that there is far more to this story than you are reporting. I am just disappointed that you aren't willing to report ALL of the news. Again, for those wanting to hear another part of the story, find "The CIA's Questioning Worked" anywhere else on the net where the full story is appreciated. Hope you Mods will at least post this.

The only Americans who are for torture are right wingnuts. Anybody with an ounce of education and sanity knows that torture is a war crime and those who perpetrate torture need to be tried for this criminal act. Nothing justifies torture.

What is wrong with this country that this is even a valid discussion?

Enforcement of the exalted Rule of Law which Senior Lecturer Obama often lauds is not subject to polls of those who are governed by it, especially when it appears to have been broken by those responsible for executing it.

I'd be satisified with Dick Cheney going to jail.

Are we really going to punish people for trying to define humane ways to interrogate our enemies? What we do today that is called "torture" is nothing like what islamo-fascists do to Americans they capture. We are fighting people who have sworn to kill, maim and ruin as many Americans as possible, regardless to the costs to themselves. The only way you fight barbarians like these is with similar tactics.

No one is above the law.

Do you really want to prove Nixon correct when he said "When the president does it, it's not illegal"?

PROSECUTE.

No CIA official should be prosecute for that crime.Its too risky to our national security.Who care for this enemy who terrorist us for long time.I will not give Obama a chance again.He behave than i do.Past is gone with with their own and now is new era for him to make change and that change can't go back to look for past mess.The CIA,thier effort make us safe everyday.Obama and holder need to know our feeling than showing other they think can turn to be good people.I vote for him but not anymore

If I was a Somali Pirate, I would rather have been waterboarded or put in a box with a bug as opposed to being shot in the head.

I can't believe that otherwise intelligent people enter into lengthy debates over what constitutes torture. Torture is torture no matter how twisted the legal interpretation may be. If you have to inflict so much pain and/or suffering that a person is willing to say anything to make it stop.....it's torture, plain and simple.

Those who asked for twisted "legal" interpretations (Bush, Cheney, and other Cabinet members) as well as those who twisted & pounded the clear meanings of words in order to justify torture (judges and the prior Attorney General) should be brought up on charges just as those who "justified" killing millions of innocent people in the Second World War faced the Nuremberg trials. NO ONE is above the law.....not even those who hold the highest offices in our nation!

No one is above the law, so Obama should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate. If the Bush Administration officials are innocent, so be it. But at least have an official inquiry, with sworn testimony, as enough serious questions havbe been raised about the violation of the law.

The last thing we need is a divisive investigation that will only tell us what we already know.
The US broke from more than 200 years of rising above our enemies and participated in torture. Agree or disagree with the ideology or the semantics of what constitutes torture... the US govt. sanctioned what about half of us consider torture.
We don't need a political investigation that will result in less than a half dozen low level prosecutions (sacrificial lambs)... what we need to do is stop torture and move forward.
President Obama has done this. He had banned torture by all Americans. If an American participates in torture now, they should be prosecuted.
I believe an investigation at this point will accomplish nothing more than a bunch of partisan bickering and name calling.
Let us not forget that the rules that allowed for torture were implemented with the knowledge and support of the president and congress. If our leaders had been serious about preventing torture, they would have done something when the rules were changed (anyone remember how a filibuster works), not several years later under a new administration.

I finally see what Cheney is about, with all this recent running of his mouth. He is trying to win a battle of public opinion ahead of anything that might happen, prosecution-wise. I'm sure he won't be touched, either way. Probably just looking out for his boys.

38% favor criminal investigation.
24% favor an independent investigation.

100% have enjoyed living in the US free from more terror attacks during the Bush administration.

The Obama Administration and the rest of America is enjoying the success we have had in Iraq that allows us to bring troops home because they are not needed there anymore.

Don't publish half a story.

Torture them if that's the term you choose to use. I have no problem with it. These terrorists are not humane and will not and have not acted humanely towards us and other free citizens they wish to wipe off the face of the planet. I say not only continue the torture but let them know we will not stop at any lengths to secure our safety. If we step back they will only laugh at our weakness and continue their ways, undeterred, because they know they will suffer no consequences. Obama is weaking our country on a daily basis. He is not in touch with the world reality. We need to continue to wield a big stick because if we don't we will surely perish as a nation. That will be Obama's legacy.

Prosecute them.

We are Americans.

If we are to have any moral high ground, or standing as defenders of Truth, Justice, and the American Way; then we need to prosecute the officials who legalized this.

Americans should demand prosecution

And to those who kept us safe for eight years, your thanks will be in the form of endless investigations, harassment by congressional inquiry.

Is it 2010 yet?
DON'T RE-ELECT ANYONE!
(republican or democrat)
535 random people off the street couldn't possibly do any worse.

The days of "do as I say, not as I do" or ending. American does not condemns the torture of its citizens held captive in foreign states. Yet torture is considered a "valuable tool" for interrogating enemies of the state. You can't have it both ways.

If the democrats had of okayed the torture there would surely be a inquiry by the GOP.

Are you kidding me? Compared to other countries, America's interrogations are just a slap on the hand! Other countries slice their heads off, buthcher them while they are still alive and all kinds of unspeakable things and investigate Bush and his adminstration? Are u really kidding me?

Man, hell, meet handbasket!!

Why don't they release the results of the technique?

When I went through my training we were taught that "torture" is the least effective means of interrogations depending on how it is done. A one time interrogation technique that uses "torture" is ineffective. But if a person is held captive, they know a lie will just bring about more bad things. It is better to tell what you know. And I say "torture" because who defines what is and is not "torture"?

You want a fair fight? No such thing. War is ugly and filled with nasty things.

No, we are not. Stop defending Bush/cheney

Remember those "good Germans" we read about in school, who said they had no idea where all those Jews were going? Remember how we thought, "How could those people be so horrible?" Remember how we fantasized about how we would stand up to tyranny, no matter what they cost?

Well?

Maybe obama should invite the bad guys, for tea next time too. Then he can supply them with more detailed information about the US.

Obama is gutless... put it all on Eric so you can wash your hands...

Oh but I'm fine with it... if it's done right and not as a political ploy.

Open all the documents... including the information gotten, how it was used and the results... and list everyone who knew anything about it. To include all the Senate and House Armed Services Comittee members from 2002 to 2009.

This could be fun...

This ill advised investigation, if it comes to be, will split this country right down the middle, into a even deeper divide than exists now. Riots in the streets wouldn't be surprising.

obama is a LOSER.......4 years of this BS......help us all.

Everybody will have opinion on what the current administration should. But, the past President set in office for 8 years. Where was the outcry then? where was the accountability then? The damage has been done. No need to hassle this President about what is he going to do. What should have been done was not done, so media chill.

If Bush administration officials are prosecuted for these trumped up charges of torture, you can be sure of one thing..... the next administration will prosecute Obama for treason.

I think all of those that participated in the torture of the prisoners should be charged. It has always been said, that ignorance of the law has never been a defense.

Just because some scum bag lawyer that gave a rubber stamped legal opinion from the Bush policy, doesn't give a get out of free jail card to the torturers.

They did not give the jailers at abu ghraib a free pass for doing the same things that the cia operatives did.. Instead of getting the low men and women on the totem pole, try for the leaders

So in "non liberal media land" the people do not want the investigation of people just defending the country.

It's torture... prosecute them!!!!

If those in the CIA don't like it, start sending them all BURN NOTICES!!

Well I think the people that lost family during the 911 attack should be polled and see what they think about torture. They themselves have been tortured by images of losing loves ones!!!

The bible says an eye for an eye so what is wrong with torturing criminals? Next thing we will hear from Obama is instead of jail time for these criminals they will get to stay at a Motel Six as punishment and maybe be served a McDonalds Happy Meal instead of a Big Mac!!

Give me a break!!!!

Yes Obama has said that America has lost her moral compass due to the tortue issue.

I guess all he as done to provide thousands of more abortions (killing of babies) across the world would make him qualified to speak about the loss of our 'moral' compass.

Isn't ironic that both the left and right in this country can justify their own issues, when common sense tells you that torturing fellow humans and killing babies are wrong regardless of what political party supports it!!

Not only is it not about score-settling, It's also not even primarily about justice. It's about deterrence. John Yoo's a tenured professor now, and Jay Bybee is a federal judge. Getting plum spots like that after engineering the torture and lawless detention of thousands, many of whom are demonstrably innocent (picked up via bounties or over simple feuds), will ensure that this will happen again.

This split, no surprise, is why we have leaders. Sometimes they lead, sometimes the inspire and sometimes they do things for which they should be punished.

The Obama adminsitration should avoid getting into this mess at this time, nothing from it will benefit the greater good.

It will also give fodder to the extremes on both ends of the political spectrum and furthur polarize political discourse.

Stay focused on the economy Mr President, leave it for history and the world to judge the Bush adminstration's failure of imagination and morals.

Here's one republican that says, "Bring it on." While we're at it let's start an investigation into the collapse of Fanney Mae, and Freddie Mac. Including any lawmakers, republican or democrat, that were on the take. Let's push further and investigate exactly what has happened to all of the stimulus and tarp funds that have been distributed. Let's find out where it was laudered before it went to pay off political favors.

It saved American lives and we have evidence. Read what the CIA said just today about the info we gained from Khaled Sheikh Mohammed. We were able to stop an attack on Los Angeles that was imminent. Liberals are nuts

All the bleating about the Bush Administration sanctioning use of "torture" to extract intelligence on terrorist activities is essentially irrelevant. A logical resolution is simply to use conducted energy weapons to get the cooperation of people suspected of having information needed for the protection against terrorist attacks. "Tasers" are widely regarded as legal and used extensively to force even totally innocent people to comply with the demands of law enforcers

that is because as we all know the republican christian right evangelical loonies are OK with torture, spewing hate, divisiveness, descrimination, racism, and war. Good christians one and all.

What is happening in this country? Dump this self righteous vindictive sad excuse for a president now.

If Romney is all that the Republicans have,they might as well forget the Presidency. Despite his money bag he could not make out of the primary.What does he know about foreign policy? This is another case of one trying to stay relevant.

Obama is doing what he thinks is correct.

I know that the ole' gang.......waterboarders(those that gave the orders)
did Not do what was correct.

I would not want any member of my family-serving in the military-to be tortured.Not anyone.

"score settling"

LOL...of course they would see it that way, but guess what? A crime is a crime and a criminal is a criminal. Let a jury of their peers decide. This isn't a political issue, and despite Obama's clear attempts to keep it from being one, but the GOP will do its best to politicize the whole thing as much as possible (then claim it was Obama who did so), because that's their only hope of keeping Bush, Cheney and the rest of the evil regime from going to jail.

Sure, let's investigate people who learned information that saved peoples' lives. That sounds like a GREAT idea.

Republicans don't mind lying...they just don't want to get caught....I say leave it to the Attorney General....Let the truth be known....

Thanks to these memos we now know that only THREE people, all associated with Al Queda, received waterboarding – who were considered some of the worst of the worst. A plot of terrorist activities aimed at Los Angeles was uncovered from these interrogations, terrorist cell activities were revealed and shut down, terrorist bank accounts were seized or frozen, etc. All this information stemmed from these THREE terrorist – again, the only THREE who received waterboarding. No one of these THREE men were beaten, stabbed, electocuted, or inflicted with any form of physical pain. My hat goes off to the CIA and I would like to thank President Obama for letting me know the truth – that President Bush did make good decisions when it came to the security of our country.

Americans split???
In my math world, the Gallup results of 62% support investigation vs. 34% oppose is not a split. This is another example of the sorry state of our media. Instead of providing analysis, they simply give each side "equal time" and allow lies to go unchallenged so as not to offend. I'm sick of fair and balanced. And don't say 2/3 to 1/3 is split!

All the bleating about the Bush Administration sanctioning use of "torture" to extract intelligence on terrorist activities is essentially irrelevalent. A logical resolution is simply to use conducted energy weapons to get the cooperation of people suspected of having information needed for the protection against terrorist attacks. "Tasers" are widely regarded as legal and used extensively to force even totally innocent people to comply with the demands of law enforcers

I haven't seen or heard of any proof that torture works (uh, it doesn't) from Bush and his cabal of criminals. Saying it works doesn't mean it does – I can very well say I'm next in line for the Throne of England, doesn't make it true ... besides, I take EVERYTHING from Bush and his cabal of criminals with a ROCK OF SALT.

If we are to comply with the rule of law, our Constitution, and treaties that we have signed with other countries, we are legally bound to investigate and prosecute those who ordered torture. If we are to restore our worldwide respect, and our moral authority, we MUST investigate and prosecute. To sit on the sidelines, feigning innocence ("let's move on"), is criminal in itself. I know for a fact that we certainly wouldn't sit and allow another country to skate the law.

The only way to move forward is to learn from the past – this seems like a great place to start.

YOU WANT AN OBJECTIVE POLL?? Ask the surviving families of 9/11 and the familie of all the innocent people beheaded by the TERRORISTS that this administration is trying to portray as VICTIMS.

Since this country is predominantly Christian, I don't see how their could really be much of a split. Surely every religious person would be against the practice of torture. If not, we've truly lost our way.

First of all it wasn't torture. Secondly, and this is the point that all you simpleton dumbocrats always fail to understand.....the interrogation methods worked and saved American lives. I know that the lives of the terrorists are much more important to dumbocrats then the lives of Americans but not everyone feels that way.

The Republican party– Representing waterboarding and other Christian values....

Let's be clear, based on the numbers quoted...we aren't split. A majority FAVOR an investigation and prosecution of the cowards that were not willing to fight with honor and morals.

It takes a true patriot to fight based on the fundamentals that guide your constitution. It takes a coward and/or anti-american to fight using tactics opposed and outlawed in your own country.

Yeah, maybe we should have asked the Al Qaeda detainees politely to give us information that would enable us to prevent further attacks to our country. Wake up people!! When our fellow American's lives are at stake we should want our government to do anything and everything in its power to protect US first. Let's say one of your family members were captured by a terrorist organization and we had in our custody someone that knew exactly where they were but would not talk. How do you feel about those tactics now? Not so bad anymore…

Why would a poll be taken? Torture is a violation of our countries "Rule of Law" and against everything we stand for. Would we poll people to find out their thoughts on other crimes? e.g. Murder,rape,etc.? Obviously this should not be a partisan issue. It is the fundamental difference between right and wrong.

Where's mention of the LA attack aborted as a result of KSM's waterboarding? That wouldn't fit the CNN storyline and agenda as well, would it?

Please this is just a political witch hunt; why does the government need to waste time with investigations on this; no one cares, people care about jobs, money to pay their mortages and not being in debt to the government over bailouts.

All Obama did was to let the terrorist know how weak America is and is getting.

Of course republicans don't want their values of hate, war crimes, and torture aired in public. But this is who they are and they continue to love this sadistic practice (even thought it doesn't work) and flaunt it with joy in our faces. Look at the most disgusting and blatant sadist of then all Cheney with is proud smirk gleefully defending his and bushes war crimes. They all need to be in prison and or executed as we did in WW II for the same exact crimes.

I wonder who is pulling Obama's strings. He says one thing and does something different. How can we possibly believe what he says today when tomorrow might be different He is letting Democratic Senators and Congress run the show. What a wimp!!!

so much for moving forward. Just some election promises.

Can most of us you remember how you felt on Sept 11th. I don't know about you but I was very scared and then mad when I realized how these ruthless terroists killed innocent people and bragged about it. Do you remember the country coming together (yes even Congress singing God Bless America) Do you remember people saying lets get these guys who did this to our people? are some of you the same people now saying lets get the President and his people for trying to keep our country safe from this ever happening again??? This serves no purpose on going back. Can anyone deny that we were safe the last 8 years??? So why can't people go forward. Look you elected this President to make change, but you don't call for change, you call for being vindictive because you think somehow you were wronged. If anyone on this board thinks that Sept 11th was justified then all we can do is pray for your lost soul. To this date, i still cry when I see reminders of Sept 11th. I hope that we never have to experience anything like that again in our life.

Waterboarding is torture, pure and simple. We as a nation failed to live up to our own high ideals by supporting those who sanctioned it. In particular, the use of it 266 times on two people alone was revenge, not information seeking.

That being said, I agree that prosecuting those who set the policy is a very polarizing topic. As much as I would like to see VP Cheney, in particular, prosecuted, I cannot in good faith see much good come of it if we do.

If the Justice Dept of the Obama Admin decides to charge former members of the Bush Admin for trying to protect our country from further 9/11 attacks it will cause un imaginable damage to our country that will never be repaired in my opinion. What possible good can come from something like this. It will tie the hands of leaders who are trying to keep us safe and start a a dangerous downward spiral of criminalizing policy by political parties who want nothing but power.

When the Obama Admin released the report on "Right Wing Extremist" right before the Tea Parties and since infered that these peaceful protests could become "Unhealthy" they are insidiously trying to silence speech that does not conform to the policies they are pursuing.

President Obama needs to take a stand and live up to his campaign promise of bipartisanship before we go down a road that we may not be able to come back from.

Any American who wants to prosecute another American for torturing an enemy of the state should turn over his passport and report to another country IMMEDIATELY!!!!

I would support a comprehensive investigation, but not the current one-sided farce coming out of the White House. I want to know what techniques were employed, and what information they yielded. Maybe then we call make a balanced, unemotional and apolitical assessment of the decisions made by the Bush administration. If it turns out that waterboarding prevented attacks, I'll be curious to see how the left continues its attack.

I didn't see the poll because I would have voted prosecute them all including George Bush, Dick Chaney and the Judge that said it was legal.

Those responsible for clandestine torture should be brought to justice. It does not matter their rank or station. Allowing this to go unpunished leaves the door open for other countries to follow suit. These tactics are illegal and completely unacceptable in any country, especially America. We hold ourselves up as the "Superpower" and "The Best Country" while utilizing the most heinous methods which puts us in the same league as the Barbarians. Allowing these crimes to go unpunished makes all Americans less safe in America and abroad. It also makes our "democracy" highly questionable, especially when America feels justified in exporting democracy abroad at any cost. This is not enlightened or humanitarian in any sense.

All the bleating about the Bush Administration sanctioning use of "torture" to extract intelligence on terrorist activities is essentially irrevalent. The logical resolution is simply to use conducted energy weapons to get the cooperation of people suspected of having information needed for the protection against terrorist attacks. "Tasers" are widely regarded as legal and used extensively to force even totally innocent people to comply with the demands of law enforcers.

I'm a strong supporter of Obama and I want this presidency to succeed. This is a contentious issue for the nation. There is nothing to be gained by digging in the past. Let's acknowledge that Bush and company did what they thought had to be done in the early days of the War on Terror. Similar stuff happened in WWI and WWII. We've had to have a historical review of Japanese internment for example and eventually we'll have to have a reckoning about this torture issue. But now is not the time. We have big issues in front of us and we need to bury the hatchet. Sure, I know it will be tough for many to just swallow this stain on the national image. But we've got elected governors openly talking about secession and many rightwing conservatives quietly and not so quietly talking insurrection... I think that we should just let this go. We can learn from the past and move forward with a renewed moral emphasis and hopefully build a better world of tomorrow.

split?

lets see; liberals want to prosecute, conservatives don't.

'nuff said!

Must be a slow news day for CNN to pull out surveys done 4 months ago and try to some how make them relevant with todays republican whining.

Now that his hindparts is in the cross-hairs of the Justice Department, Ex-VP Dick Cheney (and that "ex" is not for executive) claims that good things came from torture.

I don't believe him and even if I did, we don't live in a country where we operate under the premise that the "ENDS justify the MEANS".

That would be Somalia .... where because of extreme poverty, poor farming conditions, and OVERFISHING by Russian, Chinese, Japanese commercial fleets, former Somali fishermen have turned to PIRACY to earn a living. Things there are so bad, a guy is smiling at the prospect he'll end up in a US jail.

Perhaps this puts Cheney's continued comments in perspective? Do we still accept that the "ends justify the means"?.

This is just another example of Presidfent Obama making judgements based upon poll results. He originally said he was against prosecuting Bush members over torture. After public discussions and liberal "newmen" making waves, he is open to bring changes to certain individuals. This is not a way to run a country like America, this isn't France.

Torture doesn't work!!! It never has and it never will. It only provides false leads and confessions.

This is water under the bridge it was nice to know but lets move on. I'm with Obama on this one.

Let's say a man abused my neice. I then track him down and waterboard him once a day for a month. If I got caught by the police, would I be arrested and tried in a court of law? If found guilty, would I be sent to jail? I believe the answer is yes. So, I ask, why wouldn't the person who approved the act and the persons who committed the act be treated exactly the same way as me? No one is above the law. Our laws, based on equality for all, make us the greatest country in the world. If we don't investigate and try the crime, we lose what little bit of credibility we have left after 8 years of Bush/Cheney. Let's not make the same mistake by allowing bad things to happen without consequences. We are NOT a third world country. But, if we ignore our laws, we will soon be one.

Waterboarding KSM thwarted another 9-11 style attack. Facts are facts. So the man who masterminded 9-11, and sawed Daniel Pearl's head off in front of cameras rolling, got waterboarded. Horrors! And now Obama just opened the door to prosecution of the CIA agents responsible for essentially saving the lives of thousands of Americans.

Does anyone care? It's just sad. The state of affairs in our country. Just sad.

Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush edited those memos, according to what I've previously read, so wouldn't that make them co-authors?

Right. And the half or so that say we shouldn't prosecute are the same half that will say Obama should be impeached because he is a "soshulizt" and shook Chavez's hand in a polite, adult-like greeting.

Do we really need polls to tell us that the GOP's "half" of the country has gone completely off the deep end? Enough already...

"Both surveys found a partisan split, with Democrats generally calling for investigations and Republicans mostly opposed"

Gee, I wonder why the Republicans want to hide their "happenings" under a rock? Do visions of Libby in jail make you nervous Mr. Cheney? Ya gotta wonder how many of the Bush – Cheney administration could go to jail if the International laws that carry our signature also were to be enforced?

I'm OK with however Mr. Obama and Mr. Holder decide to pursue this case (or not).

But, I do favor investigation, and criminal indictments if warranted. I also favor an indictment by the International Criminal Court, if indeed international law (to which the US is a signatory) has been broken (and I believe it has). Unfortunately the US did not sign on to the ICC, so if there is another legally authorized international body that can investigate and prosecute violations of international law, I favor that action.

I bet if you tried a little waterboarding on the 29% that think it's not torture, they'd probably change their mind.

Guarantee that if it was the other way around, Faux News and the right wing millionaire pundits would have the American Teabaggers out in the streets calling for prosecution. Prosecute Cheney, let all others go.

Polls and splits are irrelevant, torture is illegal. It is a violation of US and international law.

Every time I see Cheney on Tv I feel like vomiting.
Put EVEL Cheney behind bars NOW!

Okay... call me crazy, but a later poll with 38% FOR a DoJ investigation, 24% FOR an independent investigator... that sounds like 61% in favor of SOME KIND of investigation. That's not a "split decision". That's a solid majority wanting someone to be prosecuted, tried and convicted. The 34% that want nothing done is uncomfortably close to the 28% that still approved of the worst president in US history that we just got shed of.

Old enough polls? This is worthless information after more truth about the Bush-sanctioned torture of prisoners has become public.

Why don't you cite a current poll, now that Americans know for sure that water boarding was not, as claimed by Bush, something that happened "about three times?" 266 times in two months for two suspects tells me that the intent was bodily harm, that these guys were not going to give up any information, and that the process is rightfully and morally, ILLEGAL!
I say, prosecute them, and never let a fascist regime in the White House again.

Obama should be impeached for disclosing State Secrets and harming the security of the USA, period!

Why is Obama tossing this to Eric Holder to decide? Obama campaigned on his having superior "Judgement". Or maybe this is superior judgement: let Holder decide (and take the fall if history views this as a colosal mistake). Good thinking!

"and Republicans mostly opposed."

To quote Casablanca "SHOCKED I tell you SHOCKED!"

That's right, Americans are split over torture investigations.
Soem of us are conservative repuglicans who have no interest in justice being served. They feel that it's okay and necessary for us to torture and that all of this should have been kept secret. These people are hurt from 9-11. They are afraid of those people who did this. They are angry. They hate all muslims and people who come in that shade of brown and their suffering is not only permissible but required.

And then there are those of us who DEMAND that justice be done. People who realize that we are a nation of laws. There are those of us who refuse to abandon the core principals that make America The Greatest Country On Earth. There are those of us who demand that America do right and be right. They call us liberals. They say we hate America because we are so critical of her, pointing out every flaw, trying to correct every problem. Trying our very best to help our fellow man. Yes, this group demands that justice be done and I am one of them.

LET JUSTICE BE DONE OR THE HEAVENS FALL!!!

Why use polls that are months old??

Twenty-nine percent disagreed that waterboarding is torture. Where have we heard that percentage before in terms of enabling GOP behavior and agreeing to policy?

Anything to help America's enemies......that's Obama's goal.

Torturing goes against everything we stand for as a nation as well as illegal. The people who approved and carried it out need to be brought to justice. If we don't do it, another country can. Is that what we want?

Well, we all know how Keith Olbermann would vote. Maybe this will help him settle down a bit and get back to being the normal person I used to like. Lately, he has been real bitter regarding this subject.

If there was criminal activity than they should be investigated and if
warranted charged by the justice department. It is sad that it has
come to this, but the arrogance and performance of the previous
administration has left a black mark on the honor of our country.
We, the people, expect justice no matter who is involved.

Are you kidding me? Compared to other countries, America's interrogations are just a slap on the hand! Other countries slice their heads off, buthcher them while they are still alive and all kinds of unspeakable things and investigate Bush and his adminstration? Are u really kidding me?

Man, hell, meet handbasket!!

The information that has been made public so far has made me sick to my stomach. That is not the American I know and am proud of. I believe it is up to the justice dept. to decide to try anyone for these horrific acts (and please don't tell me they are all terrorists...do you know how many people have been quietly send home from Gitmo? Don't fool yourself into thinking that none of those innocent people were tourtured).

How about something closer to home like investigations into the Fannie-Mae and Freddie-mac meltdown which lead to the economic debacle we're now in?

Guess we would just have to wait till 2010 when the republicans are back in the majority since the dems don't wish to investigate their own.

CNN and other M$M will conduct all sorts of subjective polls to distort and distract this torture investigation, if it goes forward.

We must prosecute them for bringing our country to shame in the eyes of the international community. Lying about WMD, Saddam Hussain, 9/11, Iraq, and etc. We have become a laughing stock of the world for lying on everything we say to them. WE HAVE LOST OUR CREDIBILITY AND ITS TIME WE REPAIR IT.

If laws were broken, why not investigate? The law is for all parties.
No one backed away when Clinton was investigated. This is much
more serious than his were. America has to pursue this or we will never again be trusted by the rest of the world. We need talk, as Obama has done, but we need action also.

"Americans Split over Torture Investigations"

Really?

If Obama winning the election with 52% of the vote is considered (by liberals) a "landslide" or "mandate".

What is it when 66% of Americans DON'T want prosecutions?

Apparently CNN has to twist the headline to soften it for their liberal viewers. NO way could CNN write an article headlined,

"Overwhelming majority of Americans oppose Prosecution!"

will add chaos and split the country.
good-bye, economy, healthcare and energy.

Republicans think that if you go after someone for breaking the law that is score settling? LOL How many of these guys were also involved in Iran-Contra? I really would like to know. Nothing was done about that blatantly illegal act either. So naturally one would assume this does not matter.

I guess we should have just taken those silly ole terrorist on a great big shopping trip and just hugged them and laughed with them and just had a big bunch of fun. Yes, golly gee that would have just been peachy. Silly ole Bush administration trying to keep this country safe....what in the world were they thinking?

Torture goes against American values and they all need to be prosectued to the fullest extent of the law!! PLUS Bush and Cheney need to be sent to the Hague for crimes against humanity.

it is a tough call, but shedding light on our misdeeds does go some steps towards putting us back as a beacon on the hill for other democracies to admire

In the Bush administration we wallowed in a bullying police state

I believe that if there is sufficient evidence to suggest criminal activity, no matter who is in office, it should be investigated. If there is no crime, then there is no need to worry.

They absolutely need to be prosecuted. Why were the rules made in the first place? If it were another country that did this we would be calling for their heads. The majority of the people that are against pursuing criminal prosecution are also for torture and shouldn't be listened to anyway.