The Principle of "Plausible Deniability" Holds That ____________________

question 8

Multiple Choice

The principle of "plausible deniability" holds that ____________________.

• A) nonaligned Third World nations should not receive foreign aid from the United States unless those nations can "plausibly" deny an affiliation with the Soviet Union
• B) the president of the United States is the chief instrument of American foreign policy and, as such, may deny Congress a role in foreign-policy decisions
• C) Congress should reassert itself in the making of foreign policy by denying foreign-aid money to nondemocratic nations
• D) the covert activities of the CIA should be planned and executed in such a way that the president can deny knowledge of them

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