In Discussing the Expansion of the Government's Internal Security Apparatus

question 57

Multiple Choice

In discussing the expansion of the government's internal security apparatus during the George W. Bush administration, the text makes all of the following claims except

• A) the Patriot Act's definition of terrorism was extremely vague and broad.
• B) Pentagon lawyers unanimously supported President Bush's order about how to deal with unlawful combatants.
• C) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that the Geneva Convention's strict limitations on questioning enemy prisoners were obsolete.
• D) the United States violated many international agreements that it had ratified.
• E) 2004 saw the start of a pushback against the Bush administration's handling of prisoners and detainees.

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