Mr Hegazy's daughter happens to be married to one of Mr Sisi's three sons.Lining up the ducks in his military pond required the skills that Mr Sisi honed as a discreet intelligence chief.
But Hornby's screen translation and John Crowley's sure-footed direction have, I think, let the discreet intelligence in Tóibín's prose migrate to the lead actor, to be embodied by Ronan, who gives such a tremendous performance.
Israel has maintained discreet military, intelligence and business ties with the Kurds since the 1960s, seeing in the minority ethnic group a buffer against shared Arab adversaries.
Argen, having several spies on its payroll, was highly discreet and intelligence-oriented.
There is no category of "discreet" actions that the intelligence law excludes from the requirements of intelligence oversight even though they fit the statutory definition of covert action.
With the persistence of a terrier, Johanna unearthed and exploited any and all connections to the top, and once she'd contrived a means of introducing her 14-year-old daughter, the empress noted Sophia's "freshness, intelligence and discreet, submissive manner".
He watches, he listens, he asks discreet questions, and his intuitive intelligence ("He either knew things or he didn't") gives him insight into minds closed to reason.
By that time, Mr. Fujimori had already held the meeting with his daughter and cabinet and propelled discreet delegations of ministers to the intelligence headquarters to demand -- in vain -- that Mr. Montesinos step down.
The most significant revelation was that Israel believes that beyond a certain point attacking Iran would cause too much "collateral damage".Israel can be seen maintaining discreet contact with Gulf states and have an intriguing intelligence link to Saudi Arabia.
Over time he enjoyed the discreet support of the west, with the US providing satellite intelligence on Iranian deployments and European countries supplying armaments and raw materials for gas and chemical weapons.
The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, declared that ZunZuneo was a "neither covert nor an intelligence program," preferring instead to call it a "discreet" form of humanitarian assistance to Cubans who lived in a "non-permissive environment".
