CIA missions
Spy agency tasks
CIA missions are covert operations conducted by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, typically involving espionage, intelligence gathering, or clandestine activities abroad.
The phrase often implies secrecy, danger, and geopolitical intrigue: The documentary exposed failed CIA missions in Latin America.
In casual use, it can describe any secretive or elaborate undertaking: Getting the kids to bed felt like a CIA mission.
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- need to knowRestricted information access basis
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- operativesThose who execute missions
agents · deep cover · cover story · handlers · station chief · extraction · extraction team · infiltration · surveillance · intelligence · black ops · wet work · classified · assets · Langley · tradecraft · dead drop · safe house
CIA missionspress conferences
Formal journalist gatherings
congressional hearings · diplomatic missions · public announcements · diplomatic negotiations
CIA missionsconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
missions, mission, missionary, emission, emissary, remission, submission, permission, commit