Operative

Of agent.   May also be referred to as intelligence agent, intelligence officer and secret agent.

A person secretly employed in espionage for a government.

This concept's ID is @1~56123

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  • spy 6 facts

    (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business...

  • case officer 1 facts

    An operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service.

  • foot 0 facts

    A member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger.

  • walk-in 0 facts

    An operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political...

  • agent-in-place 0 facts

    An operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target.

  • agent provocateur 0 facts

    A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts.

  • bridge agent 0 facts

    An operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent...

  • NOC 0 facts

    An undercover agent who is given no official cover.

  • codetalker 0 facts

    A secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their...