National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted May 16-17, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent new stories about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and CIA Briefings?

38% Very closely

27% Somewhat closely

24% Not very closely

10% Not at all

1% Not sure

2* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion of the CIA?

25% Very favorable

38% Somewhat favorable

20% Somewhat unfavorable

4% Very unfavorable

13% Not sure

3* How likely is it that the CIA misled Pelosi about the use of waterboarding when interrogating prisoners?

20% Very likely

23% Somewhat likely

19% Not very likely

22% Not at all likely

16% Not sure

4* How likely is it that waterboarding and other harsh techniques helped secure valuable intelligence information?

40% Very likely

19% Somewhat likely

22% Not very likely

8% Not at all likely

12% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.