These men, according to the officials, had used diplomatic cover or other professional identities and had gathered intelligence independently.
Competition in the Olympics is often the only chance that countries with little diplomatic clout have to reinforce their national identity.
The fallout from the killing of the operative, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, has created a diplomatic mess for Israel and raised troubling questions about identity theft, the spread of surveillance, and the colliding definitions of terrorism and crime.
In the last three months, she has single-handedly decided what would matter to the French political agenda (Islam and national identity) while Sarkozy has kept busy elsewhere with diplomatic scandals and his government's reshuffling.
It all fell apart last October -- 11 years after Mr. Bieri arrived in the country -- when the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service acted on a call from the man whose identity Mr. Bieri had assumed.
The newspaper, which published leaked war logs from Iraq and Afghanistan and leaked US diplomatic cables, had a policy of seeking to protect the identity of individuals named in sensitive documents.
Furthermore, it has been equated with national identity, basic doctrine of state, and the principles of diplomatic line of South Korea but also the political system or social order.
Ali's bravado rose to confront the stereotyping of and injustice to people of color, but he also employed a diplomatic version of "rope-a-dope" to overcome offense to his personal identity.
A diplomatic row ensued when it emerged that the assassins had travelled under the stolen identities of European and Australian citizens.
The identity of the high commissioner, the equivalent of an ambassador, is being withheld until diplomatic formalities are completed.
