Which Agency Was Subjected to Intense Scrutiny by Congress, the Press

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which agency was subjected to intense scrutiny by Congress, the press, and the public because it failed to alert the nation to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and misread the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

• A) the National Reconnaissance Office
• B) the Central Intelligence Agency
• C) the Department of Defense
• D) the U.S. Information Agency
• E) the National Security Agency

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