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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. Where did NORAD assumed that hijacked airline terrorist threats would originate?

2. How many planes were originally planned to be involved in the 9/11/2001 plot?

3. When did a truck bomb explode in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York?

4. The federal government had some success in freezing ________ assets that reached the U.S. banking system.

5. In 1999, new intelligence emerged that Bin Laden would spend a night at a specific location in which city of Afghanistan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Minneapolis FBI investigation of Zacarias Moussaoui. Was the FBI able to connect Moussaoui to al-Qaeda?

2. Give an example of why the existing FAA / NORAD protocol of an aircraft hijacking was unsuited for the events of 9/11/2001.

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

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

5. What did Bin Laden do after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990?

6. Who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud? How did they succeed in killing Massoud?

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

8. What is FISA and what does it regulate?

9. Why did President Clinton visit Pakistan on March 25, 2000? What did President Clinton want from the Pakistani President?

10. What was Bin Laden's appeal to the Islamic world based on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 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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