1.  He was an enthusiast for covert action.

2.  One wonders whether that overt gesture really was meant to stifle covert action.

3.  This whole business of covert action.

4.  Though this derives from psychological studies of covert actions types, it would be waste to leave it at that.

5.  Thoughtful, well-reasoned covert action, lawfully reported to Congress, can be a tremendous foreign-policy instrument for a president.

6.  It included new restrictions on covert action which were designed to prevent a repetition of the actions which led to the Iran-contra scandal.

7.  And he has used covert action sparingly.

8.  Another possibility would be a covert action in which India could hire disaffected Pakistanis to execute a retaliatory attack on Pakistan, Chari said.

9.  As Deutch urged his men to be more aggressive in covert action, many laughed derisively.

10.  A covert action, by formal definition, is a secret government intelligence operation designed to change the course of events abroad.