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covert action

noun

  1. a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.


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Origin of covert action1

First recorded in 1975–80
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The form of this response, be it a direct military strike, cyberwarfare, or a covert action has not been publicly revealed.

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Using some of the same tools he had employed in Southeast Asia — covert action, realpolitik analysis and an unshakable confidence in his own intelligence — he pushed the United States into a war he knew little about.

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Justifying his decision, Kissinger told a committee staff member, “Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.”

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As head of de Gaulle’s political party and architect of its secret services, he would become the key link between the French executive and Françafrique’s African leaders, whom he personally selected, befriended and defended with covert action.

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Proponents of QAnon conspiracy theories, lobbyists from conservative “dark money” groups, and vigilantes willing to take covert action to find proof of election crimes showed up for a two-day forum to present on such topics as “Election Machine Vulnerabilities,” “Voter Roll Maintenance,” and “Ballot Harvesting.”

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