Editing Blowback (intelligence) (section)

{{Short description|Unintended consequence of covert operations, typically involving rogue terrorist groups}}
{{update|date=April 2013}}
{{Intelligence}}

'''Blowback''' is the [[unintended consequences]] and unwanted side-effects of a [[covert operation]]. 
To the civilians suffering the blowback of covert operations, the effect typically manifests itself as "random" acts of [[political violence]] without a discernible, direct cause; because the public&mdash;in whose name the [[intelligence agency]] acted&mdash;are unaware of the effected secret attacks that ''provoked revenge'' (counter-attack) against them.<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/blowback Blowback<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''[[The Nation]]''</ref>