Critical Reasoning

To prevent some conflicts of interest, the U.S. government could prohibit intelligence analysts from working as analysts for foreign governments for five years after they left their U.S. positions. One American intelligence analyst concluded, however, that such a prohibition would be unfair because it would prevent former U.S. analysts from earning a living for five years.

The analyst's conclusion logically depends on which of the following assumptions?


(A) Laws should not restrict the behavior of former American intelligence analysts.

(B) Intelligence analysts for foreign governments are typically people who have previously been U.S. analysts.

(C) U.S. government financial analysts do not often become intelligence analysts for foreign governments when they leave American service.

(D) American intelligence analysts who leave U.S. government service are capable of earning a living only as analysts for foreign governments.

(E) American intelligence analysts who leave U.S. government service are currently permitted to act as analysts for foreign governments for only five years