Why did National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, Admiral John Poindexter, and their aides assume they had the power to act on their own when dealing with Iranian moderates and Nicaraguan rebels?
A. Congress giving them permission
B. executive privilege and past precedent
C. Article II of the Constitution, and thus the president's implied powers
D. a secret intelligence "finding" signed by the president
Answer: D
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