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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After 9/11/2001, U.S. officials learned from ________ intelligence that Moussaoui had attended a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.

2. What is now the most important security objective of the U.S.?

3. The FBI in Minneapolis sought a special warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to conduct a search on Moussaoui's ________.

4. Who is Afghanistan's President?

5. Where did the first two hijackers arrive in the U.S.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Commission states that they do not know for certain why Hazmi and Mihdhar came to California, why do you suppose they chose California? What could California supply Hazmi and Mihdhar with that another U.S. state could not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the statement, "We have planes"? Who said this? How did this statement set the scene of the 9/11 attacks?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the creation of the CIA. How did the Watergate and Pike and Church Committee investigations have a profound effect on the CIA's culture?

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