Question 1

The Iran Contra scandal violated the Boland Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act because

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A)   it was a covert operation that had not been announced to Congress.
B)   it provided a system for funding the anti-Sandinista group.
C)   it advocated toppling a foreign government.
D)   the United States was not taking a neutral stance regarding the internal problems in another country.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Why were Yippie leader Abby Hoffman and President Carter's daughter Amy acquitted of trespass even though they admitted occupying several buildings at the University of Massachusetts?

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A)   President Carter intervened and pressured the judge to issue a directed verdict.
B)   The prosecution made a serious procedural error.
C)   They argued that although they acted illegally, their actions were justified to prevent more dangerous crimes by the CIA ( the defense of "necessity") .
D)   To avoid embarrassing the administration, the Secret Service suppressed evidence that most likely would have led to conviction.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

A 2002 White House legal counsel memo asserted that 10 CIA interrogation "escalating techniques," including waterboarding, were not torture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The American Revolution (1775-1783)  was essentially a political crime against the state because it violated the law against

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A)   spying and coercion in the pursuit of political goals.
B)   sheltering fugitives from justice.
C)   taxation without representation.
D)   treason, or waging war against the king.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Although they are sometimes verbally intense, thus far anti-abortion protests in the United States have been nonviolent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The FBI's counterintelligence program is responsible for freeing Leonard Peltier from federal prison.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The FBI and the CIA protected Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his civil rights' activities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The United States is the only country to engage in political crimes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The FBI and the CIA have often been accused of conducting illegal activities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Political assassination is the most common form of terrorism in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Martin Luther King, Jr., there are two types of laws: just and unjust. The unjust laws, such as segregation,

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A)   give the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority.
B)   are morally wrong and sinful.
C)   must be deliberately violated-openly, lovingly, and with responsibility.
D)   all of the above.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Because the UN Charter prohibits __________, the Iran Contra scandal was a clear violation of this law.

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A)   any state from intervening in the internal or external affairs of any other state
B)   the use of economic, political, or any coercive means to obtain the subordination of its sovereign rights from a foreign state
C)   efforts to organize, assist, foment, finance, incite, or tolerate subversive, terrorist, or armed activities directed toward overthrowing the regime of another state
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 13

During the Iran Contra scandal, President Reagan was unaware of the dealings of his administration and was later deeply shocked and dismayed to discover their activities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following comments best characterizes the U.S. relationship with Iraq?

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A)   The United States has always opposed the leadership in Iraq.
B)   The United States has sometimes supported the leadership in Iraq.
C)   The United States was sometimes silent about the tactics of the leadership of Iraq.
D)   Both b and c.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Officially, the CIA has no domestic law enforcement responsibility, yet the agency has

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A)   opened and photographed the mail of more than one million private citizens.
B)   broken into homes and offices, stealing documents and installing illegal surveillance devices.
C)   equipped, trained, and supported local police forces.
D)   all of the above.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

In everyday life "terrorism" has multiple, politicized, and sometimes contradictory meanings. Terrorism has very specific meaning in criminology-yet deciding what is or is not terrorism may still be problematic. Explain what terrorism is from a criminological perspective, identify and illustrate the different forms terrorism can take, and comment on why "terrorism" remains a contested category despite its specific meaning.

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Question 17

Before Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death, the FBI had already chosen Samuel R. Pierce, a conservative, as his successor because Pierce

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A)   would carry on the work of King.
B)   would be the "right kind" of leader.
C)   would also advocate nonviolence.
D)   was more radical than King.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

In the early 1960s, the CIA had a Cuba policy that included a plan to

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A)   provide educational materials to Cuban children.
B)   assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
C)   control the government of Cuba's access to international trade.
D)   restrict Cuba's access to American culture.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following is not an example of domestic terrorism?

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A)   Throwing Molotov cocktails at Planned Parenthood buildings.
B)   The "stinkbombing" of Seattle adult bookstores and porn theatres by feminist antipornography activists.
C)   Actions by the Weather Underground in the 1960s.
D)   None of the above (all of the above are examples of domestic terrorism) .E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

In the case of Leonard Peltier, three people were killed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Two were FBI agents and one was a Native American member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) . What was the result of the investigation into the death of the AIM member?

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A)   The two dead FBI agents had shot and killed the AIM member.
B)   Nothing-there was no investigation into his death.
C)   Two other Native Americans were convicted of that killing.
D)   Another FBI agent legally shot and killed the AIM member in self-defense.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Exam 13: Political Crime

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The FBI's counterintelligence program is responsible for freeing Leonard Peltier from federal prison.

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