Word: covertly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...highest level of information the network possesses, a sophisticated insider who became a spy would have considerable access. The spy could transmit information to a less closely watched part of the network -- or to an outsider -- without appearing to do so by using what is known as a covert channel. This involves signaling the secret message the agent wants to send in binary code by making minute changes in the speed or the order in which the "bits" of other, entirely innocent messages are transmitted. According to Walker, covert channels have been found that are capable of carrying as much...
Instead, look for constant repetition of this sequence: North's combative attorney, Brendan Sullivan, tries to introduce in evidence a secret document that supports his client's claim to have acted only under orders from higher authority or merely followed routine Administration policy regarding covert activity. Prosecutor John Keker, on behalf of independent counsel Lawrence Walsh, objects, arguing that release of the document would damage national security. Judge Gerhard Gesell sends the jury out of the courtroom and summons ) opposing counsel to a conference. Perhaps the issue can be resolved there, but quite possibly the trial is suspended while...
...neighboring countries, Afghanistan is bracing for a duel to the death between Najibullah's shaky regime and the U.S.-backed mujahedin rebels. No one knows whether the Soviets will mount cross-border air raids to thwart the rebels' designs, or if Washington intends to keep open its not-so-covert arms pipeline through Pakistan to the rebels. But even if the superpowers bow out entirely, both sides in the Afghan conflict have enough stockpiled arms to keep the conflagration raging for months. "No one is operating under any illusions," warns a U.S. specialist on Afghanistan. "The situation is going...
Special Ops, directed by John Gavitt, a former field agent, was set up ten years ago in response to increasing illegal hunting and trafficking in wildlife. Leach, who headed the covert branch for four years before going back into the field, came to wildlife enforcement after a stint as an undercover narcotics agent. An environmentalist, he says, "I didn't want to spend the rest of my life doing drug buys." While wildlife work might seem more tranquil than the murderous world of drugs, Leach says wildlife cops often find themselves in the backcountry on their own, while during undercover...
...making friends with people and busting them, but I'm not out to cause people trouble; I'm here to protect wildlife," says Leach. Gavitt notes that many people doing the most damage to wildlife use sophisticated scams, not easily investigated by overt means. In these cases, says Gavitt, "covert operations not only bring such violators to justice but have a ripple effect. Commercial duck-hunting guides, for instance, will now think twice before breaking...