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Originally Posted by Stras
Shaking my head at the absurdity....
you do realize that it ain't "covert" if it is blasted all over the news media....  |
It ain't "covert".
cov·ert (kvrt, kvrt, k-vûrt)
adj.
1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.
2. Covered or covered over; sheltered.
3. Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.
n.
1. A covering or cover.
2.
a. A covered place or shelter; hiding place.
b. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.
3. Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.
4. A flock of coots. See Synonyms at flock1.
Used to be real sticklers on the difference between overt, covert and clandestine.
Overt - the guy is sitting at his desk. You kick in his door, go over to his desk, beat the crap out of him, walk over to his safe, torch it open and walk off with his secret plans. He knows you did it.
Covert - The guy gets to his office in the morning, the door is kicked in, his safe torched open and his secret plans are gone. He don't know who did it, thinks it might be you but has no proof.
Clandestine - The guy gets to work and everything looks normal. BUT you sneaked in during the night, picked his safe, photographed everything, put everything back and in order and departed without a trace.
Hybrid Mode
