Multiple Pronoun referents

[RonPurewal]

Is it the presence of "for it" that makes B incorrect?

X awarded Y powers to do Z. This makes sense right?

Yeah, I can't immediately come up with a sentence in which the idiomatic construction used in (B) would be correct.

Also, I get a slightly different meaning from B.It reads to me as if the powers were given to CIA making it mandatory to withhold all the information. However, A seems to suggest that the powers made it possible for CIA to withhold information whenever the CIA wanted to.Just a provision, not a mandate.

Exactly. Very well done.

And you know that "whenever the CIA wants to" is the correct interpretation, because the sentence states that the powers are "discretionary".

[mondegreen]

: :)

Thanks a lot Ron!

[RonPurewal]

You're welcome.

[jhuman lal meena]

Ron please help.
In option C, "for withholding" should be "to withhold" to express purpose.
Ex. I have come to study. [Correct].
I have come for studying. [incorrect].

Please confirm.

[RonPurewal]

in this context, yes, that's correct.

[vishalc581]

Hello Ron,

I didn't understand the why option B is wrong here.

(B) for it to withhold from the public

In option A how VERB-ing is right, I mean I have seen (,VERB-ing) as correct choice when we need to show cause-effect for simultaneous actions) but not (VERB-ing without comma before).

Can you please help me.

Thanks & Regards,
Vishal

[RonPurewal]

'no comma +__ing' is a VERY common modifier. you've definitely seen it. you've probably seen it tens or even hundreds of times.

it points to the noun before it. here, that's 'powers', which is exactly what we want to modify (the answer to "What enables xxxxx?" is 'discretionary powers').

[RonPurewal]

...and i noticed that there's no source given for this problem.

the only place where i can find this problem is in an old OG (a VERY old one—the 11th edition).
OG problems are not allowed here, so, unless this problem is in the FREE gmat prep software (and someone can kindly provide a screenshot as proof), we can't discuss it here.

if this problem is actually in the free software, then it doesn't belong in this folder anyway (in that case it belongs in the gmat prep folder). so, in that case, please post a new thread (with a screenshot) in the appropriate folder.
thanks.