Saturday, February 14, 2009

Poll: Two thirds of Americans support probes of Bush era

Almost 40 percent of Americans support criminal investigations into the Bush Administration's use of harsh interrogations and warrantless wiretapping program, even after President George W. Bush left office, a USA Today/Gallup poll found Thursday.

Forty-one percent favor a criminal investigation into the Bush Administration's use of the Justice Department for political purposes; 38 percent favor an investigation for the Administration's warrantless wiretapping and 38 percent favor a criminal probe for the possible use of torture in terrorism investigations.

Close to two-thirds of respondents also said they'd like to see formal investigations of Bush policies, even if not criminal probes.

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