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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. What does NORAD stand for?

2. NORAD existed to counter threats from the __________.

3. By 9/11, the FAA's "no fly" list contained how many names of suspected terrorists?

4. What was the "Hamburg Group"?

5. In 1996, who was concerned enough about Bin Laden to set up a unit of about a dozen officers that would monitor him and plan operations against him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is considered the mastermind of 9/11/01 and when did he start calling for attacks against America?

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

3. What three aspects of the anti-terrorist effort were strengthened by January 2000?

4. When did the Boston Center air traffic controller realize there was a problem with American Airlines Flight 11?

5. What are the three (3) basic problems the U.S. has had in its relationship with Pakistan?

6. How would creating an office of National Intelligence Director help the FBI?

7. What was the confusion around American Airlines Flight 77?

8. In Chapter 5, we get a background of the "Hamburg Group" as well as four other jihad extremists. Give a brief synopsis of one of the jihad extremists. What education/course of study did the jihad extremists possess?

9. When did the U.S. government become aware of Bin Laden's involvement in financing terrorist attacks against the U.S interests? What did the State Department detect in his financing?

10. Who is Mohammed Salameh and how did he get caught by the FBI?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the importance of the 9/11 hijackers use of cross-country flights. Where did the hijackers regularly fly to? How were these destinations useful to the terrorist plot they were planning to execute?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is FISA? How did the FISA requirements cause confusion between U.S government agencies? How could these confusions be avoided in the future?

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