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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the CIA see many key personnel resign or retire?
2. How long before 9/11 was Moussaoui arrested?
3. At the same time Saudi-backed Islamic fundamentalists were beginning to train in the former fringe Soviet republics, how many overseas field agents did the C.I.A. have?
4. Perle had worked closely with Douglas Frith since when?
5. A Clinton Administration Director of Persian Gulf Affairs estimated that it would take how long for all the troops to be readied for an Iraqi invasion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Hersh write about for his first major story?
2. Who was disturbed by the conditions at Guantanamo?
3. What happened when the U.S. challenged North Korea, diplomatically, about stopping nuclear operations in October 2002?
4. Why was the Bush Administration, in late 2001, in a dilemma over how to treat Iran?
5. What was the "rotten apple syndrome" the Pentagon claimed existed in Afghanistan and Iraq?
6. What did inspectors find in Libyan nuclear inspections?
7. Why was it unclear that was in charge at the Iraqi prisons?
8. What was occurring when the information linking Iraq and Niger came out?
9. As of 2004, what does the news not report about the Afghanistan situation?
10. Why did Pakistan supposedly share nuclear information with North Korea?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using examples from the book, explain how intelligence gathering and processing affected the decisions of the Bush Administration.
Essay Topic 2
What was the role of the CIA in the Iraq war and the events leading up to it? What does this role mean about the power of the CIA? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Did the Bush Administration create a false story about Niger selling uranium to Iraq to further its desires, or did it just take the dubious information at face value? What information was presented in the book to support the two options? Which option seems to be the true story? Why? Cite specific examples to support your answer.
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