Except for three years with the Coast Guard in World War II, he remained undercover, working in Seattle, Kansas City and Minneapolis.
Koestler became a Communist in Berlin, in 1931, but he remained undercover, in order not to compromise his position at the newspaper, where it was felt he could be of most use to the Party.
Responding to a query about why the new head of the National Clandestine Service is remaining undercover, Todd D. Ebitz, a spokesman for the agency, said that "senior C.I.A. officers can be kept undercover for several important reasons, including the protection of lives and operational methods".
To remain undercover, Belyakov renamed the troupe "Carnivàle", assumed the name "Management", and replaced Samson with Lodz as the new co-manager.
(They were warned that this reporter was attending, but Mr. Levy insisted that I remain undercover.
The filmmakers try a variation on this kiss-kiss, bang-bang theme in "This Means War," with Tuck and FDR remaining undercover while wooing the unsuspecting Lauren.
But when the Russians left and the Algerians came home, the army ordered their own men to remain undercover with the Islamist groups.
He returned to a desk job to prepare for another foreign assignment, but instead left the agency altogether, although he chose to remain undercover.
His friend, by contrast, was so elusive that even her reflections on one of the country's most notorious crimes managed to remain undercover for decades.
A C.I.A. news release Tuesday said the officer would remain undercover in his new job, a rarity in that job, which involves running all C.I.A. espionage and covert action programs.
Anne Studd QC, for the Met, said one problem faced by firearms officers, who were trying to remain undercover, was that they stood out because they were white in what she claimed was the "predominantly black" area of Harlesden.
