Editing Covert operation (section)

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A '''covert operation''' or '''undercover operation''' is a military or police operation involving a [[covert agent]] or troops acting under an assumed [[cover (intelligence gathering)|cover]] to conceal the identity of the party responsible.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Carson|first=Austin|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv346p45|title=Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics|date=2018|volume=157 |publisher=Princeton University Press|pages=5–6|doi=10.2307/j.ctv346p45 |jstor=j.ctv346p45|isbn=978-0-691-20412-3 }}</ref>