Briefly noted
Two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. should abide by international laws barring governments from ever using physical torture, while 29 percent found those laws “too restrictive,” according to a new poll. The poll was conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, a research group affiliated with the University of Maryland, and Knowledge Networks, a polling and market research firm. Participants in the survey were given scenarios in which interrogators were pursuing information about terrorism and asked what, if any, coercive techniques they would condone.