Word: coverted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leadership stoutly maintains that the agency is operating at 90% of its old effectiveness even after a year of investigation and publicity. Few agree with that figure. Says one senior expert on the U.S. intelligence efforts: "Their analysis is not outstanding, and their covert operations are marginal. I'd say that their B-plus grade has slipped to B-minus...
...report that Butterfield had been a CIA man was persuasively denied by many sources, but it started a wave of speculation about how high and wide the agency had spread its covert operations. More basically, it produced a rare glimpse into the mysterious workings of the CIA and its use of "contact" people in Government agencies...
...statutory authority." But the panel found that on numerous occasions, the CIA has violated its charter, which restricts it for the most part to foreign operations. Congress originally set up the agency in 1947 to gather foreign intelligence. Later, as directed by the National Security Council, the CIA undertook covert operations to counter Communist influence in other countries. But the agency has always been prohibited from domestic activities, except those that supported its foreign mission...
...divided sharply into two parts--covert and overt," Smithies--who says he was most recently consulted by the agency, regarding a report on the future of the Vietnamese economy, last year--explains now. "For about ten years I'd go down there and review their papers on national economic matters: I've never been the cloak-and-dagger type. But naturally they made a big fuss about it," he concludes, with something close to approval. "That's good tactics...
What should a top-priority commitment mean? For one thing, that the U.S. would be prepared to provide military aid in case of a serious outside threat. In some circumstances, Washington might be justified in using covert operations. Finally, the U.S. would be prepared to commit troops if American security was seriously menaced militarily...