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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 07:27 AM
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70% oppose Gitmo detainments without charges (ABC/WaPo)
I didn't see this until this morning but I don't know if it still LBN eligible.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2121953&page=1

Public Opposes Terms of Gitmo Detainment

June, 26, 2006 — While most Americans continue to favor holding suspected terrorists at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the public overwhelmingly opposes the current terms of their imprisonment.

Given pro-and-con arguments — letting the detainees defend themselves at trial vs. risking further terrorism if they're released — 71 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say they should either be given POW status or charged with a crime. Just 25 percent back current administration policy, holding these detainees indefinitely without charges.

The majority view rises above the partisanship that marks many such issues. Sixty-two percent of Republicans and conservatives alike favor charging or conferring POW status on Gitmo detainees, as do three-quarters of Democrats, independents and moderates. It goes higher, to 85 percent, among liberals.

METHODOLOGY — This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone June 22-25, 2006, among a random national sample of 1,000 adults. The results have a three-point error margin. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by TNS of Horsham, Pa.



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