After the Horror of 9/11,many People Said the CIA and FBI

question 261

Multiple Choice

After the horror of 9/11,many people said the CIA and FBI should obviously have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism.This perception most clearly illustrates

• A) overconfidence.
• B) hindsight bias.
• C) an empirical approach.
• D) critical thinking.

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