A covert program will not be funded at this time, and senior members of the Administration have told us they accept that reality.

The bombing prompted Hussein to embark on a more covert program.

In the end neither side was happy, which helped explain how the covert program spilled into public view.

In the late 1980's, we put together the most efficient covert nuclear program the world has ever seen.

To this must be added the huge expense of India's covert programs to develop nuclear weapons, along with the missiles to carry them.

The stepped-up covert program has accomplished little, Administration officials said.

"Why would you have a covert program for filling weather balloons?"

Rather, it just looks for covert programs that display ads or monitor users.

But American officials said his role in the covert program for the elections was to distribute money to others involved in opposition political activities.

But there cannot be satisfactory accountability in a covert program.