"Given the Singapore Government's and SingTel's record of intrusive and often covert surveillance, the question of who's watching the gatekeepers becomes a very serious one," Mr. Stokes's company wrote in a submission to the Foreign Investment Review Board.
Senator Feinstein insisted to Obama Administration officials privately that Kappes continue as deputy director; it was a condition of her support for Panetta, whose lack of experience in covert operations she questioned.
There was a small difference in mean times to complete covert and overt questions.
Those covert operations, and the question of whether Israel will settle for something less than a conventional attack on Iran, pose immediate and wrenching decisions for Mr. Obama.
There should be no question of covert meetings, secret plotting, setting up EDL demonstrations only to call them off, paying EDL supporters to canvass for you and offers of ongoing political support for the EDL.
While supporting the principle of covert lending, opposition politicians questioned whether the aid could have been made public earlier and whether shareholders in Lloyds TSB should have been informed before voting to buy HBOS.
When I had a baby on the heels of my divorce, after years of much publicized infertility, with a man who fell squarely in the "rebound relationship" category, I identified myself as a "divorced mom," in a rather covert attempt to deflect questions about my son's out-of-wedlock birth, and a deeply painful and private time in my life.
No, not unless the covert smoker or drinker in question were an esteemed committee chair tasked with advising parliament on prohibition (or its opposite) and was later shown to have feigned complete ignorance of the habit.
But the Splash adds another question to tantalize covert agents and millionaire playboys: are flying cars getting closer?
Examples of interference by the federation highlighted by the review included answering questions on behalf of officers and asking inappropriate questions that gave covert assistance to the officers being interviewed.
