One controversial action by President Bush following the September 11, 2001 attacks was

A. to secretly authorize the National Security Agency (NSA) to wiretap telephone calls into and out of the United States.
B. to authorize the use of electroshock torture on suspected al Qaeda terrorists.
C. to research plans to cancel the 2004 presidential elections in light of another terrorist attack.
D. to detain United States citizens without trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
E. to unilaterally go to war with Iraq without receiving any kind of congressional approval.

Answer: A. to secretly authorize the National Security Agency (NSA) to wiretap telephone calls into and out of the United States.