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Opposition leader: The government's decision to turn a blind eye to the weapon smuggling racket has worked to the disadvantage of our country's security and international reputation.
Government spokesperson: On the contrary, by allowing some controlled smuggling, we've been able to gather crucial intelligence on international arms networks, which has ultimately enhanced our national security.
The government spokesperson's argument will not provide an effective answer to the opposition leader's claim unless which one of the following is true?
A. No aspect of national security has been compromised due to the government's approach to the weapon smuggling racket.
B. When aware of smuggling activities, the government always chooses to monitor rather than immediately shut down the operations.
C. Policies that result in increased intelligence gathering generally outweigh the potential negative impacts on a country's security and reputation.
D. The intelligence gathered from monitoring smuggling activities rarely exceeds what would be gained from strict enforcement and prevention.
E. Any policy that leads to a better understanding of criminal networks rarely benefits national security in the long-term.
Government spokesperson: On the contrary, by allowing some controlled smuggling, we've been able to gather crucial intelligence on international arms networks, which has ultimately enhanced our national security.
The government spokesperson's argument will not provide an effective answer to the opposition leader's claim unless which one of the following is true?
A. No aspect of national security has been compromised due to the government's approach to the weapon smuggling racket.
B. When aware of smuggling activities, the government always chooses to monitor rather than immediately shut down the operations.
C. Policies that result in increased intelligence gathering generally outweigh the potential negative impacts on a country's security and reputation.
D. The intelligence gathered from monitoring smuggling activities rarely exceeds what would be gained from strict enforcement and prevention.
E. Any policy that leads to a better understanding of criminal networks rarely benefits national security in the long-term.
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Opposition leader: The government's decision to turn a blind eye to the weapon smuggling racket has worked to the disadvantage of our country's security and international reputation.
Government spokesperson: On the contrary, by allowing some controlled smuggling, we've been able to gather crucial intelligence on international arms networks, which has ultimately enhanced our national security.
The government spokesperson's argument will not provide an effective answer to the opposition leader's claim unless which one of the following is true?
The opposition claims the policy hurt national security and international reputation. The spokesperson replies that allowing controlled smuggling produced intelligence that improved national security. For that reply to be an effective rebuttal to the full claim, it must be true that the intelligence gains outweigh the policy’s potential harms, including reputational harm.
A. No aspect of national security has been compromised due to the government's approach to the weapon smuggling racket.
Not required. Security could be compromised in some ways yet still end up better overall if the intelligence benefit is larger. Also this does not address reputation.
B. When aware of smuggling activities, the government always chooses to monitor rather than immediately shut down the operations.
Not required. The spokesperson only needs that some controlled smuggling was allowed to gather intelligence, not that this is always the government’s response.
C. Policies that result in increased intelligence gathering generally outweigh the potential negative impacts on a country's security and reputation.
This is required. The spokesperson’s reply cites one benefit (intelligence improving security) but does not by itself show the overall policy was not disadvantageous given the alleged security and reputation harms. C supplies the needed bridge that the intelligence benefit outweighs those negatives, making “on the contrary” defensible.
D. The intelligence gathered from monitoring smuggling activities rarely exceeds what would be gained from strict enforcement and prevention.
This undercuts the spokesperson by saying the monitoring approach usually yields less intelligence than strict enforcement. Not something the rebuttal requires.
E. Any policy that leads to a better understanding of criminal networks rarely benefits national security in the long-term.
This also undercuts the spokesperson’s reasoning by denying that such understanding tends to help security. Not required.
Answer: (C)
Government spokesperson: On the contrary, by allowing some controlled smuggling, we've been able to gather crucial intelligence on international arms networks, which has ultimately enhanced our national security.
The government spokesperson's argument will not provide an effective answer to the opposition leader's claim unless which one of the following is true?
The opposition claims the policy hurt national security and international reputation. The spokesperson replies that allowing controlled smuggling produced intelligence that improved national security. For that reply to be an effective rebuttal to the full claim, it must be true that the intelligence gains outweigh the policy’s potential harms, including reputational harm.
A. No aspect of national security has been compromised due to the government's approach to the weapon smuggling racket.
Not required. Security could be compromised in some ways yet still end up better overall if the intelligence benefit is larger. Also this does not address reputation.
B. When aware of smuggling activities, the government always chooses to monitor rather than immediately shut down the operations.
Not required. The spokesperson only needs that some controlled smuggling was allowed to gather intelligence, not that this is always the government’s response.
C. Policies that result in increased intelligence gathering generally outweigh the potential negative impacts on a country's security and reputation.
This is required. The spokesperson’s reply cites one benefit (intelligence improving security) but does not by itself show the overall policy was not disadvantageous given the alleged security and reputation harms. C supplies the needed bridge that the intelligence benefit outweighs those negatives, making “on the contrary” defensible.
D. The intelligence gathered from monitoring smuggling activities rarely exceeds what would be gained from strict enforcement and prevention.
This undercuts the spokesperson by saying the monitoring approach usually yields less intelligence than strict enforcement. Not something the rebuttal requires.
E. Any policy that leads to a better understanding of criminal networks rarely benefits national security in the long-term.
This also undercuts the spokesperson’s reasoning by denying that such understanding tends to help security. Not required.
Answer: (C)
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