The Washington Post has this poll out which claims that a majority says CIA harsh interrogations justified. But reading through the actual questions asked, it's no wonder they report what they do.
It begins by asking if respondents they think the report is biased against the CIA (they do) while reporting that most respondents think the "CIA intentionally misled the White House."
But then the next questions use the phrase "suspected terrorists" four times. No where is it mentioned how innocent people were detained and tortured - in some cases to death. No where is it mentioned that people who have not been charged with a crime are still detained.
No where is it mentioned that information garnered via torture is very often useless.
No where is it mentioned that the United States ratified the UN Convention against Torture in 1994.
It's almost as if the folks at the Washington Post that put this poll together are too busy watching 24 than they are watching the real world.