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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. Federal law prohibits the ________ from gathering intelligence on U.S. citizens or other people within the U.S. except as specified by FISA requirements.

2. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.

3. By 1997, the CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that al-Qaeda was planning attacks against __________ interests and was actively seeking nuclear materials.

4. After WWII, what was the chief agency involved in setting foreign policy and advising the President on foreign policy?

5. What does NORAD stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event gave people inside the WTC the impression that rooftop rescues were part of the WTC evacuation plan?

2. Who was President Bush's Vice President? What did the Vice President do on September 14, 2001?

3. What were the two classifications of the 9/11 hijackers?

4. What three factors worked against successful communication among FDNY personnel?

5. When was the last time the FAA ordered a nation-wide grounding of all aircraft?

6. Describe the training most of the hijackers received in Afghanistan. Who oversaw these trainings? What techniques did the hijackers learn?

7. What type of support did the Afghan resistance and Bin Laden receive?

8. What were the four (4) kinds of failure exposed by the 9/11 attacks?

9. The Commission's investigation showed that there were two systemic weaknesses that came together in our border system's inability to contribute to an effective defense against the 9/11 attacks. Describe these weaknesses.

10. What were the seven (7) steps the U.S. wanted Pakistan to take in helping the U.S. fight terrorism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a sleeper cell? What are the characteristics of a sleeper cell? Could any of the 9/11 hijackers be classified as a sleeper cell? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Detail the indecisiveness and bureaucratic inertia of both the Clinton and Bush Administration. Are both administrations equally responsible for the 9/11 attacks? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe in great detail who KSM is and he's involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Is KSM alive today? If so, where is he? If not, how did he die?

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