
According to the U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, a covert operation (also as CoveOps or covert ops) is `an operation that is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor.` It is intended to create a political effect which can have implications in the milit.....
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An operation that is planned and executed as to conceal the identity of, or permit plausible denial by, the sponsor(s). This differs from a clandestine operation in that emphasis is placed on the concealment of the sponsor's identity, rather than on the concealment of the operation.
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n] - an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor
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noun an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor
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