Sentence examples for as covert operations from inspiring English sources

As covert operations were shielded from oversight, so human rights violations became not just inevitable but routine.

As far as I can see, covert operations by black-op teams, and the funding of dictators who are ostensibly "on our side," only serves over time to strengthen "the other side" and draw us ever deeper into regional conflicts that we can neither win nor control.

The recruitment of thrill-seeking literati such as Ian Fleming, Dennis Wheatley, Malcolm Muggeridge and Greene placed covert operations at the psychological heart of the war effort, inspired by Churchill's love of adventure.

Mr. Webster persuaded Mr. Stolz, an Amherst classmate who had retired in 1981 after 30 years at the C.I.A., to come back and replace Clair E. George, who had been forced to resign as head of covert operations.

Russia's efforts to undermine the 2016 U.S. election show that covert operations are as much a danger now as they were at the height of the Cold War.

What had started as a covert operation became overt as Mexican forces attempted to heighten the pressure on Chapo.

With Agbar, there will also be covert operations to detect fraud as well as unannounced inspections.

Mulholland produced two illustrated manuals, which referred to covert operations as "tricks".

However, when it comes to covert operations, as with the nuclear programme, there are things that Israeli journalists know but cannot say, and must attribute to non-Israeli sources.

CNN was interviewing someone named Mike Baker who was identified as "a former CIA covert operations officer".

As a former CIA covert operations officer who specialized in nuclear counter-proliferation, I believe that this is the most urgent threat we face.