By 56%to28%8%, those polled said they believed the CIA's tactics had produced intelligence that prevented terrorist attacks.
Regardless of whether the technique has produced actionable intelligence, it did not produce reliable evidence with a place in our justice system.
Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, has produced figures using a ratio of 25 troops for every 1,000 Afghans.
Two members of the Senate intelligence committee, Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, said last week that they had not seen any evidence to show that the "NSA's dragnet collection of Americans' phone records has produced any uniquely valuable intelligence".
Artificial intelligence has produced albums, scored films, and generated mood music in games.
Now, it's happening again with the National Security Agency: Senator Mark Udall has written, "We have not yet seen any evidence showing that the NSA's dragnet collection of Americans' phone records has produced any uniquely valuable intelligence".
Under the agreement reached in February, North Korea has shut down its Yongbyon nuclear plant, which, according to American intelligence estimates, has produced enough plutonium for as many as a half-dozen bombs.
Work in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has produced computer programs that can beat the world chess champion and defeat the best human players on the television quiz show Jeopardy.
And the intelligence group Stratfor has produced a short video history of the use of self-immolation as a political tool.
Mr. Larijani said the world should learn a lesson from the case of North Korea, which American intelligence officials believe has produced fuel enough for six or eight weapons.
