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''Not to be confused with [[CovertAction Quarterly]], a magazine which focused on such operations by the [[CIA]].''
 
 
 
'''Covert Action''' / '''Covert Operation''' is a term used by the American intelligence community to describe "the attempt by a government or group to influence events in another state or territory without revealing its own involvement."<ref>Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards, by Roy Godson, Transaction Books, 2001, p.3.</ref> In contrast, a "clandestine" operation seeks to hide the identity the operation itself. Historically, the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] mounted covert operations, while [[Special Forces]] conducted clandestine operations.<ref>https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/covert-ops.htm</ref><ref>https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/covert-action-intro.htm</ref> Internally the [[Special Activities Center]] (SAC) is responsible for covert and paramilitary operations within the CIA.
 
 
 
==External Resources==
 
*David Isenberg, [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/PA118.HTM The Pitfalls of U.S. Covert Operations], The Cato Institute, 7 April 1989. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161203131327/https://object.cato.org/pubs/pas/PA118.HTM Archive.org] [https://archive.is/g799h Archive.is]
 
*Thomas H. Henrikson, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705150726/http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3484181.html Covert Operations, Now More Than Ever], Hoover Digest, 2000, No.2, Hoover Institution. [https://archive.is/1iVkL Archive.is]
 
*Ramsey Clark, [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA/CorruptionCovertActions.html The Corruption of Covert Actions], Fall 1998 [https://web.archive.org/web/20121114184343/http://thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA/CorruptionCovertActions.html Archive.org][https://archive.is/QoDM2 Archive.is] - excerpted from [https://web.archive.org/web/20190421195802/https://covertactionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CAQ65.pdf CovertAction Quarterly Nr. 65]
 
 
 
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