Chapter 14: Crimes Against the State

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is not an act of espionage?

A. theft by foreign governments of trade secrets from U.S. corporations

B. the destruction of national defense utilities

C. transmission of a code book relating to the national defense

D. stealing plans from U.S. defense files relating to the design of a nuclear bomb

Learning Objective: 14-4: Know the elements of the crime of espionage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Espionage

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Which of the following is not one of the most frequently violated provisions of federal immigration law?

A. marriage fraud

B. harboring a person who is in the country illegally

C. boundary infringement

D. counterfeiting immigration document

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The standard for determining whether an individual is a lawful or unlawful combatant is set forth in which of the following?

A. American Combat Treaty

B. International Court Convention

C. International Human Rights Treaty

D. Geneva Convention of 1949

Learning Objective: 14-7: Understand combat immunity and its importance for the war on terror.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Combat Immunity

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. At common law, any communication intended or likely to bring about hatred, contempt, or dissatisfaction with the king, the constitution, or the government was punished as an act of ______.

A. espionage

B. sedition

C. sabotage

D. treason

Learning Objective: 14-2: Know the act and intent requirements for sedition and for seditious conspiracy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sedition

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Which of the following crimes, prohibited by the U.S. Code, communicates, delivers, transmits, or attempts to communicate information to a foreign government purposely to injure the United States?

A. treason

B. sabotage

C. sedition

D. espionage

Learning Objective: 14-4: Know the elements of the crime of espionage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Espionage

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The willful injury, destruction, contamination, or infection of any war material, war premises, or war utilities with the intent of interfering or obstructing the United States or an allied country during a war or national emergency is punishable as an act of ______.

A. treason

B. sabotage

C. sedition

D. espionage

Learning Objective: 14-3: Understand the intent and act standards required to prove sabotage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sabotage

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. One of the purposes of ______ terrorism is intended to intimidate or coerce the American population.

A. domestic

B. international

C. foreign

D. political

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definition of Terrorism

Difficulty Level:

8. The mens rea of treason is characterized as which of the following?

A. intent to betray the United States

B. levy of war against the United States

C. promotion of an enemy of the United States

D. criticism of the United States

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Treason | Criminal Act and Criminal Intent

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. The seizing or exercising control over an aircraft by force, violence, threat of force or violence, or any form of intimidation with a wrongful intent is punishable as an act of ______.

A. aircraft hijacking

B. air piracy

C. air vehicle hijacking

D. vehicular piracy

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mass Transportation Systems

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Which of the following is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution?

A. sedition

B. espionage

C. sabotage

D. treason

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Treason | Criminal Act and Criminal Intent

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Not only the American colonists adopted a constitutional system intended to guard against the excesses of governmental power, but they also appreciated the need to ______ and to ______ domestic threats to the government.

A. prevent; diminish

B. prevent; punish

C. track; punish

D. track; challenge

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which of the following is NOT the actus reus of treason to individuals engaged in armed opposition to the government or in providing aid and comfort to the enemy?

A. providing arms to the enemy

B. fomenting strikes in defense plants

C. intent to betray the United States

D. charging exorbitant prices for essential armaments

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. During the colonial time, British officials applied the law on treason against rebellious servants and government critics, and the punishment were ______ and ______.

A. drawing; stoning

B. branding; hanging

C. drawing; hanging

D. stoning; quartering

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Which of the following factors is not required by the Constitution for treason be clearly established by the prosecution and to protect individuals against convictions based on the following factors EXCEPT ______.

A. espionage

B. false testimony

C. prejudice

D. passion

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. The United States has brought ______ prosecutions for treason.

A. only a handful of

B. few hundreds of

C. few thousands of

D. two million

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. In which court case, the U.S. convicted a U.S. citizen who gave aid and comfort to the enemy during World War II by working as a radio broadcaster for the Japanese government?

A. Dennis v. United States

B. Yates v. United States

C. Cramer v. United States

D. D’Aquino v. United States

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The difference between seditious speech and seditious libel is ______.

A. libel is limited to newspaper articles

B. libel only applies to the government

C. libel is limited to writing

D. libel applies to the public only

Learning Objective: 14-2: Know the act and intent requirements for sedition and for seditious conspiracy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sedition

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Which of the following acts does not denounce advocacy in the sense of preaching abstractly the forcible overthrow of the Government?

A. Economic Espionage Act

B. Espionage Ac

C. Smith Act

D. Alien and Sedition Act

Learning Objective: 14-2: Know the act and intent requirements for sedition and for seditious conspiracy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sedition

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Which of the following acts punishes any person writing or stating anything false, scandalous, and malicious against the government, president, or Congress with the intent to defame or to bring any of these parties into disrepute or to excite . . . the hatred of the . . . people of the United States, or to stir up sedition?

A. Economic Espionage Act

B. Espionage Act

C. Smith Act

D. Alien and Sedition Act

Learning Objective: 14-2: Know the act and intent requirements for sedition and for seditious conspiracy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sedition

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Which of the following crimes is more difficult to prove?

A. espionage during wartime

B. espionage during peacetime

C. dissemination of classified government information

D. dissemination of information about the president

Learning Objective: 14-4: Know the elements of the crime of espionage.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Espionage

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Individuals involved in industrial espionage are subject to prosecution under the ______.

A. Economic Espionage Act

B. Espionage Act

C. Smith Act

D. Alien and Sedition Act

Learning Objective: 14-4: Know the elements of the crime of espionage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Espionage

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. ______ is intended to intimidate or coerce the American population or is intended to influence or affect the public policy of the United States primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

A. Domestic terrorism

B. International terrorism

C. Federal terrorism

D. Extraterritorial terrorism

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definition of Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. ______ is intended to intimidate or coerce the American population or is intended to influence or affect the public policy of the United States outside of the United States.

A. Domestic terrorism

B. International terrorism

C. Federal terrorism

D. Extraterritorial terrorism

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definition of Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. Which of the following is not a weapon of mass destruction?

A. smallpox

B. poison gas

C. nuclear material

D. tear gas

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. Which one of the following court cases resulted in an establishment of the American Chemical Warfare Act?

A. Gorin v. United States

B. Arizona v. United States

C. United States v. Bond

D. Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. An aggravated offense of a weapon of mass destruction against a mass transportation system is punishable by up to what?

A. 10 years of imprisonment

B. 20 years of imprisonment

C. life imprisonment

D. death

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mass Transportation Systems

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Which of the following things is not a material support or resources in support of terrorism?

A. false documentation

B. airplanes

C. personnel

D. religious materials

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mass Transportation Systems

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. What is the maximum sentence for involuntary manslaughter of a U.S. national outside the United States?

A. 1 year

B. 3 years

C. 10 years

D. life or death

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definition of Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Which court case challenged the constitutional status of the material support statute, including training, expert advice or assistance, service, and personnel?

A. Gorin v. United States

B. Arizona v. United States

C. United States v. Bond

D. Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Material Support for Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Who was known as the American Taliban?

A. James Comey

B. John Walker Lindh

C. Steven Earl

D. Jeffrey Walker

Learning Objective: 14-7: Understand combat immunity and its importance for the war on terror.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Combat Immunity

Difficulty Level: Easy

31. Which one of the following reasons is not utilized by the federal district court for denying lawful combatant status to the Taliban?

A. The organization did not respect the rules of warfare.

B. The members of the organization did not wear recognizable military uniforms or symbols.

C. The organization lacked a disciplined command structure.

D. The organization was foreign in nature and so may not seek the protection of the Geneva Convention.

Learning Objective: 14-7: Understand combat immunity and its importance for the war on terror.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Combat Immunity

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. Which court case is recognized as the beltway sniper case?

A. Muhammad v. Commonwealth

B. Arizona v. United States

C. United States v. Bond

D. Gorin v. United States

Learning Objective: 14-7: Understand combat immunity and its importance for the war on terror.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: State Terrorism Statutes

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. ______ regulates the entry of individuals into the United States, the length of their stay, whether they may work or attend school, the treatment of individuals who are in the United States unlawfully, and the process by which individuals can become legally naturalized citizens.

A. Immigration law

B. Terrorism law

C. Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments

D. Immigration and Nationality Act

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act is also known as the ______.

A. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

B. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

C. Simpson–Mazzoli Act

D. Immigration and Nationality Act

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. ______ focused on immigration-related offenses such as alien smuggling, the creation of fraudulent documents, and the deportation of aliens who commit criminal offenses.

A. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

B. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

C. Simpson–Mazzoli Act

D. Immigration and Nationality Act

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. ______ allows undocumented immigrants who entered the country before their 16th birthday and before June 2007

A. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

B. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

C. Deferred Action for Parents of Americans

D. Immigration and Nationality Act

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which state became the first sanctuary state in the United States?

A. Vermont

B. California

C. Oregon

D. Massachusetts

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. Which U.S. President introduced a “zero tolerance” policy at the border between the United States and Mexico?

A. Bill Clinton

B. George W. Bush

C. Barack Obama

D. Donald Trump

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Easy

39. International criminal treaties do not prohibit or punish which of the following acts?

A. terrorism

B. human trafficking

C. genocide

D. torture

Learning Objective: 14-9: Understand the development and functioning of international criminal law.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: International Criminal Law

Difficulty Level: Easy

40. The U.S. ______ is charged with determining whether a group is a foreign terrorist organization.

A. Secretary of State

B. Secretary of Defense

C. Secretary of Homeland Security

D. Attorney General

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Material Support for Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. In order to establish the crime of treason, the prosecution must provide the accused’s confession as evidence.

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Treason | Criminal Act and Criminal Intent

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Sabotage may only be committed in times of war.

Learning Objective: 14-3: Understand the intent and act standards required to prove sabotage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sabotage

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Immigration is exclusively governed by state law.

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. The United States asserts the right to prosecute and punish criminal acts that occur outside American territory and is termed extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Terrorism Outside the United States

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. If conspirators meet in another country and plan to attack an American city, the crime is removed from the jurisdiction of the United States and is handed over to an international prosecutorial body.

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Federal law on terrorism is divided into the categories of international terrorism and domestic terrorism.

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Definition of Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Under the U.S. Code, acts of espionage committed during war are punished the same as acts of non-wartime espionage.

Learning Objective: 14-4: Know the elements of the crime of espionage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Espionage

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. English royalty prosecuted and convicted critics of the monarchy for sabotage.

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Treason

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Failing to depart the United States when ordered is a violation of immigration law.

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Violations of Immigration Law

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Prosecutors in countries in which regimes carry out international crimes have frequently indicted former government officials for their commission of international crimes.

Learning Objective: 14-9: Understand the development and functioning of international criminal law.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: International Criminal Law

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Congress is constitutionally prohibited from adopting the policy practiced in England of extending penalties beyond the individual offender to members of his or her family.

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Treason

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. The major difference between sedition and seditious conspiracy is a presence of the use of force.

Learning Objective: 14-2: Know the act and intent requirements for sedition and for seditious conspiracy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sedition

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Sabotage is punishable by imprisonment up to life imprisonment and a fine.

Learning Objective: 14-3: Understand the intent and act standards required to prove sabotage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sabotage

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Sabotage may only be committed in times of war.

Learning Objective: 14-3: Understand the intent and act standards required to prove sabotage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sabotage

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Espionage during wartime is more difficult for the prosecution to prove.

Learning Objective: 14-4: Know the elements of the crime of espionage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Espionage

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Most acts of terrorism within the United States are prosecuted as ordinary murders, arson, kidnappings, and bombings, rather than acts of terrorism.

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The use, threat, attempt, or conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction is punishable by imprisonment for a term of years or life and, in the event of death, by life imprisonment.

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Regardless of the act of terrorism resulted in death, an individual who provided material support to a terrorist is punishable by imprisonment for no more than 15 years, a fine, or both.

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Material Support for Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. The United States considers some terrorists to be lawful combatants.

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Combat Immunity

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Not all states have a terrorism statute to cover criminal acts that do not fall within federal jurisdiction.

Learning Objective: 14-7: Understand combat immunity and its importance for the war on terror.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: State Terrorism Statutes

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. What are some ways to acquire proof of the defendant’s treasonous intent?

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Treason

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. What was the definition of sedition at the common law?

Learning Objective: 14-2: Know the act and intent requirements for sedition and for seditious conspiracy.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sedition

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What is sabotage?

Learning Objective: 14-3: Understand the intent and act standards required to prove sabotage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sabotage

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. What is the mens rea for sabotage?

Learning Objective: 14-3: Understand the intent and act standards required to prove sabotage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sabotage

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. What is the central provisions of the U.S. law on terrorism?

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. What is the purpose of extraterritorial jurisdiction?

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. What are the crimes of violence that are included within the statute on terrorism that transcends national borders?

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. What are some of the criticisms against the material support statutes?

Learning Objective: 14-6: Know the types of acts that are punished criminally under federal terrorism statutes.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Material Support for Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. What are the four criteria under the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War in order for its members to qualify for lawful combatant status?

Learning Objective: 14-7: Understand combat immunity and its importance for the war on terror.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Material Support for Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What kind of impact did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 cause?

Learning Objective: 14-8: Know the purpose of immigration law and the types of violations of immigration law that are punished criminally.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Immigration

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Compare and contrast international and domestic terrorism.

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definition of Terrorism

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Paul and Alexis have joined the First Order, a nationalist organization that is against the government of the United States. Paul and Alexis have the duty to provide housing and ammunition for members of the group, who plan to wage war against the U.S. government. What crime have Paul and Alexis committed? What is the mens rea of this offense? What is the actus reus of this offense?

Learning Objective: 14-1: Understand the law of treason and evidentiary requirements to prove treason.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Treason

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Sandy is an anarchist. She has been talking online with other anarchists and anarchist organizations. Together, she and her new friends make plans to overthrow the government of the United States. What crime has Sandy committed? What is the legal definition of this crime?

Learning Objective: 14-2: Know the act and intent requirements for sedition and for seditious conspiracy.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sedition

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Nick believes that the United States is a military “bully” and has decided that he wants to assist the underdog country. Nick has obtained a blueprint of the newest fighter jet that the U.S. military plans to use in the current war. Nick makes copies of the blueprint and sends the copies to the enemy. What crime has Nick committed? Would this crime be different if the United States was not engaged in war?

Learning Objective: 14-4: Know the elements of the crime of espionage.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Espionage

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Barry, an American citizen, has been living in Iran for the last 10 years. While in Iran, Barry joined a terrorist organization and has been plotting to attack a geographic location within the United States. The plans have been confiscated, and Barry is detained. What crime has Barry committed? Does the United States have jurisdiction over Barry’s offense? Why or why not? If you were Barry’s defense attorney, could you argue combat immunity? Why or why not?

Learning Objective: 14-5: Understand the difference between domestic and international terrorism, and terrorism transcending international borders.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries

Difficulty Level: Medium