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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. There were reports of plans to seize airplanes and use them as weapons going back to when?

2. Why did lawyers have very little access to Moussaoui?

3. What did a CIA analyst say was being committed against the detainees in Cuba?

4. From early 2003-2004, humanitarian agencies in Kandahar shrank from 26 to how many?

5. How many American soldiers were put into the field with the first Gulf War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the experience of the military with previous assassination programs during the Vietnam War?

2. Why were Generals Dunlavey and Baccus replaced?

3. What was the positive spin the media put on the first day of operations in Operation Anaconda?

4. In the spring of 2002, what did the Bush Administration agree, and disagree, on?

5. What were some of the early problems facing the U.S. forces in the Iraq war?

6. Who is Musharraf?

7. What were some other topics Hersh wrote about as an investigative reporter?

8. What is one of the questions that we will never know the answer to about the Bush presidency?

9. What was Perle seen as having the ability to do?

10. What had the Syrians been doing with the CIA for which they wanted to be rewarded?

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

Why was Abu Ghraib such a scandal? According to the author of the book, what caused it, what did the people in power do, and how could it have been presented?

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, explain how the Bush Administration played on public opinion to achieve its goals.

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