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) a secret intelligence "finding" signed by the president
B) Congress giving them permission
C) Article II of the Constitution, and thus the president's implied powers
D) executive privilege and past precedent

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The assumption of power by McFarlane, Poindexter, and their aides was based on a secret intelligence "finding" signed by the president, which they believed authorized their actions.

Why Did National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, Admiral John Poindexter