The CIA was severely criticized in the mid-1990s by Congress for
A) the Navy's Tailhook scandal.
B) the incident at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in which two people died.
C) the Aldrich Ames affair in which a CIA officer betrayed the agency's secrets to Moscow.
D) the Freemen of Montana check-cashing scandal.
E) the Gennifer Flowers affair.
Question 2
Which of the following congressional reforms has complicated the efforts of government agencies to carry out their diplomatic relations?
A) the centralization of power in the chairs of congressional committees
B) the creation of many new subcommittees
C) the creation of the Office of Management and Budget
D) the addition of new departments to the president's cabinet
E) none of the above
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