Answer :
D. The sentence which best states the controlling idea of this passage is "The wire taps were never a secret, but they helped the United States gain military intelligence.
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The following excerpts from the passage reaffirm this controlling idea :
1. "On balance, however, some valuable information was gathered from the tapped conversations. The U.S. learned, for example, a great deal about the Soviet and Eastern European order of battle, or its military organization. Others feel that the intelligence was valuable to check against similar information obtained from other sources."
2."The evidence suggests that the CIA gained two invaluable and untainted kinds of knowledge from the taps. The agency learned a basic blueprint of the Soviet and East German security systems, and it never picked up a glimmer of warning that Moscow intended to go to war.”
J.K. Rowling is the author of Harry Potter
(that's what she is known for)
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Your friend should talk to his farther telling him what he wants and that it's his choice.
B) Problem and Solution
We can suggest this as the correct answer because of the hint words 'issues', 'conflicts' and 'resolved' in the question, as they are synonyms or related to the words 'problem' and 'solution'. ☺
