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By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central I

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by BTGmoderatorAT » Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:56 am
By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers enabling it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information.

(A) enabling it to withhold from the public
(B) for it to withhold from the public
(C) for withholding disclosure to the public of
(D) that enable them to withhold from public disclosure
(E) that they can withhold public disclosure of

OA: A

What's wrong with options B and D?
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Jan 30, 2018 6:56 am
ardz24 wrote:What's wrong with options B and D?
B: The Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers for it.
Here, it is standing for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Conveyed meaning:
The Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers for the Central Intelligence Agency.
The portions in red are redundant.
Eliminate B.

In D, them (plural) does not agree with the Central Intelligence Agency (singular).
Eliminate D.
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