[angkor]

"Covert" being shorthand for "Nobody but you and some in the CIA know that you and the CIA have any relationship whatsoever."

Now I see where you're coming from. You don't know the meaning of "covert" under the Identities Act.

The bar is much higher than what you state above, both for the technical application of "covert status" and the manner in which the statute can be violated.

[Cboldt]

The [covert] bar is much higher than what you state above, both for the technical application of "covert status" and the manner in which the statute can be violated.

I know that. But I think you misconstrued my statment. Anybody seen walking into CIA HQ can't be "covert." "Covert" implies that, among other elements, to an "outside" observer, the person has no relationship with the CIA whatsoever.

Some additional elements include foreign location for the covert duty, and having been in that position withing the past 5 years.

But this isn't a leak case.

[Cboldt]

You don't know the meaning of "covert" under the Identities Act.

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