President Obama and Senate Democratic leaders are opposed to more investigations of how the Bush administration treated terrorism suspects, and 58% of U.S. voters agree with them. A number of congressional Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are pushing for a wider probe.

Just 28% think the Obama administration should do further investigating of how suspected terrorists were questioned during the Bush years, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure.

While the Bush administration’s handling of terrorism suspects has been a highly charged political issue,

Democrats are evenly divided over whether further investigation is necessary. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Republicans and 62% of voters not affiliated with either major party are against more investigating.

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of liberals believe more investigating is called for, but 78% of conservatives disagree.

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Fifty-eight percent (58%) of all voters believe the Obama White House’s recent release of CIA memos about the harsh interrogation methods used on terrorism suspects endangers the national security of the United States.

Forty-two percent (42%) of voters say terrorism suspects were tortured by the United States, but 37% disagree. Twenty-one percent (21%) are undecided. The number who believe America tortured is unchanged from October 2007; the level of disagreement is higher.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating how suspected terrorists were interrogated and is expected to report back later this year. But Pelosi and others also want to create an independent commission to investigate.

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