A 2006 BBC poll held in 25 nations gauged support for each of the following positions: Terrorists pose such an extreme threat that governments should be allowed to use some degree of torture if it may gain information that saves innocent lives.
2006年時，BBC在25個國家依據下列選項做出調查： 恐怖份子造成了如此極度的威脅，假如能夠獲取情報以拯救無辜的生命，則政府應該被允許使用某種程度的酷刑。