The FBI and the CIA failed to prevent the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Therefore, these government agencies should be abolished immediately.
A) Missing the point.
B) Red herring.
C) False cause.
D) No fallacy.
E) Hasty generalization.

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The argument misses the point by suggesting that the failure to prevent a specific event (the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center) means that the agencies should be abolished, without addressing the broader roles and successes of these agencies.

The FBI and the CIA Failed to Prevent the Terrorist