81.  Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati said Iran planned to bring legal action against the United States for adopting a covert action plan against the government.

82.  He said any covert action against Iran would be a blatant interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country and negate the basic principles of inter-state relations.

83.  A hardline Iranian newspaper urged the parliament on Tuesday to retaliate and approve a budget for covert action against the United States.

84.  Baker questioned why Clinton did not act earlier to use covert action to remove the Haitian military.

85.  Bosnia dealmaker Richard Holbrooke told a congressional committee Tuesday that the administration did not engage in covert action to encourage Iranian arms shipments to Bosnia.

86.  Bosnia dealmaker Richard Holbrooke has told a congressional committee that the administration did not engage in covert action to encourage Iranian arms shipments to Bosnia.

87.  Covert action is taken primarily in wartime, Godson said, as it is one way to protect US troops and US citizens from harm.

88.  The outcry resulted in far stricter oversight of the intelligence agencies by Congress and other restrictions on covert actions, including a ban on assassinations.

89.  Washington, accusing Iran of being an outlaw nation and seeking to isolate it, has imposed an economic embargo and plans covert action against the Islamic republic.

90.  It would create a separate clandestine service responsible for traditional espionage and covert action.