The Department of Defense Doesn't Classify Pilferage as a Major

The Department of Defense doesn't classify pilferage as a major problem, as its annual inventory losses run $1-2 billion a year. The intentional theft and sale of defense secrets would have greater ethical intensity than this pilferage due to _____________.

A) magnitude of consequences
B) magnitude of influence
C) location immediacy
D) probability of response
E) all of these