Within the C.I.A.'s directorate of operations, its covert arm, the practice was known as "hanging out the shingle."

In these messages, SON is the head of the party's covert arm or secret apparatus, which Baker took over in mid-1938 after the defection of Whittaker Chambers.

He now argues that, while the CNN story was false, the historical record does raise some troubling questions about actions of the military's covert arm during the war.

On March 2, 2007, Russian investigative journalist Ivan Safronov, who was researching the Kremlin's covert arms deals, fell to his death from a fifth floor window.

Wallace asked Hasenfus why he thought that Gomez/Rodriguez and the other managers of the covert arms resupply "had the blessing of Vice President Bush."

The Doolittle Report recommended reorganization of the CIA and streamlining of its covert arm, the Deputy Directorate for plans.

The Reagan Administration, eager to restore a reputation tarnished by its covert arms sales to Iran, has embraced Kuwait's gambit.

This seed quickly grew into the covert arm of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Carl Gershman, president of the National Endowment for Democracy, said he did not know the project had a covert arm.

This included "real progress" toward disarming and disbanding the militias, who have resisted independence for East Timor with covert arms and backing from supporters within the Indonesian military.