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question 51

Multiple Choice

Under the George W. Bush administration, Congress reorganized the intelligence community and created a new position known as the director of National Intelligence. Why did Congress do this?

• A) The director of the Central Intelligence Agency needed additional authority to combat the growing threat posed by weapons of mass destruction.
• B) The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks revealed flaws in the way the U.S. intelligence community operated.
• C) There was a need for the decentralization of authority within the intelligence community to prevent competition between agencies.
• D) The previous organizational structure of the intelligence community encouraged the various agencies to do too much of their work collaboratively.
• E) Congress wanted the Bush administration to have greater influence over the intelligence community.

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