IFPC CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET
2026 ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ June 15, 1917 Answer: Date the Espionage Act was passed.
⫸ Issues with Espionage Act Answer: Limited First Amendment rights.
Made it possible for the government to target anyone who publicly
opposed the war or draft, including pacifists, neutralists, communists,
anarchists, and socialists.
⫸ Schenck v. United States (1919) Answer: Supreme Court case
upholding Espionage Act. Speech may be punished when the U.S. faced
a "clear and present danger".
⫸ Famous Prosecutions under Espionage Act Answer: Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg (Nuclear weapons)
Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers)
Chelsea Manning (WikiLeaks)
Edward Snowden (NSA leak)
⫸ Executive Order 12333 Answer: United States Intelligence Activities
, ⫸ Significance of EO 12333 Answer: Identifies the Intelligence
Community and defines what information can be collected, retained, and
disseminated. It allows for the collection of U.S. citizen data—even
when those citizens are not specifically targeted.
⫸ Executive Order 12333 timeline Answer: Originally issued by
President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Revised by President George W.
Bush in 2008
⫸ Sections of EO 12333 Answer: Part 1-Roles and responsibilities of
the national security and intelligence elements
Part 2-Restrictions on intelligence activities
Part 3-Definitions and general terms
⫸ Goldwater-Nichols Act Effects Answer: 1. Reworked the command
structure of the United States military
2. Streamlined the military chain of command- now runs from President
through Secretary of Defense to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
3. The service chiefs were assigned to an advisory role to the President,
National Security Council, and Secretary of Defense
⫸ Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act Answer: Act passed in
1986 by President Ronald Reagan that reorganized the military to
function under Combatant Commands instead of under commander of
the service chiefs (i.e. Army Chief of Staff)
2026 ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ June 15, 1917 Answer: Date the Espionage Act was passed.
⫸ Issues with Espionage Act Answer: Limited First Amendment rights.
Made it possible for the government to target anyone who publicly
opposed the war or draft, including pacifists, neutralists, communists,
anarchists, and socialists.
⫸ Schenck v. United States (1919) Answer: Supreme Court case
upholding Espionage Act. Speech may be punished when the U.S. faced
a "clear and present danger".
⫸ Famous Prosecutions under Espionage Act Answer: Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg (Nuclear weapons)
Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers)
Chelsea Manning (WikiLeaks)
Edward Snowden (NSA leak)
⫸ Executive Order 12333 Answer: United States Intelligence Activities
, ⫸ Significance of EO 12333 Answer: Identifies the Intelligence
Community and defines what information can be collected, retained, and
disseminated. It allows for the collection of U.S. citizen data—even
when those citizens are not specifically targeted.
⫸ Executive Order 12333 timeline Answer: Originally issued by
President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Revised by President George W.
Bush in 2008
⫸ Sections of EO 12333 Answer: Part 1-Roles and responsibilities of
the national security and intelligence elements
Part 2-Restrictions on intelligence activities
Part 3-Definitions and general terms
⫸ Goldwater-Nichols Act Effects Answer: 1. Reworked the command
structure of the United States military
2. Streamlined the military chain of command- now runs from President
through Secretary of Defense to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
3. The service chiefs were assigned to an advisory role to the President,
National Security Council, and Secretary of Defense
⫸ Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act Answer: Act passed in
1986 by President Ronald Reagan that reorganized the military to
function under Combatant Commands instead of under commander of
the service chiefs (i.e. Army Chief of Staff)
