National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted April 21-22, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed news reports about the release of government memos about the Bush administration’s interrogation of terrorism suspects?

45% Very closely

32% Somewhat closely

16% Not very closely

6% Not at all

1% Not sure

2* Did the United States torture terrorism suspects?

42% Yes
37% No
21% Not sure

3*Should the Obama administration do more investigating to find out how the Bush administration treated terrorism suspects?

28% Yes
58% No
13% Not sure

4* Does the release of CIA memos on interrogation techniques help the image of the United States abroad or does it endanger the national security of the United States?

28% Helps the image of the United States abroad

58% Endangers the national security of the United States

14% Not sure

5* Some people say that there is a natural tension between protecting individual rights and national security. In the United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too much about protecting national security, or is the balance about right?

37% Legal system worries too much about protecting individual rights

21% Legal system worries too much about protecting national security

33% Balance is about right

9% Not sure

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