The public has a distorted perception of the interrogation techniques used on senior terrorist leaders in the war on terror due to media critics and the television show
A Wicked and Adulterous Generation Seeketh After a Sign
A Duquesne University professor petitioned Pittsburgh City Council to remove a street sign honoring, General Michael V. Hayden, one of the country's most decorated intelligence officers, for "his role" in "torturing" Middle Eastern terror suspects and overseeing the wiretapping of U.S. citizens. The sign was put up five months before City Council adopted its policy for erecting honorary street signs.