He requested that his name not be used in this article because he has been advised that he could lose his covert status if he is identified.

In this situation the necessity of assessing the candidate conflicts also with the preservation of security, particularly if the officer approached is in covert status.

A memoir by the American diplomat whose wife's covert status as a C.I.A. operative was disclosed by officials in the Bush administration.

The notes do not show that Mr. Cheney had learned the name of Mr. Wilson's wife or her covert status, lawyers involved in the case said.

(The C.I.A. confirmed her covert status in court documents filed in May.)

But sir, it's part of their covert status that that relationship is unknown even to the Dendarii themselves.

But as I made clear to the grand jury, I'm certain Rove never used her exact name and certainly never indicated she had a covert status.

An operative's covert status is a formal designation made by the C.I.A., Mr. Smith said.

Miles was secretly grateful that his covert status had let him off the hook for going into sick bay and personally apologizing to the man.

Despite the feme covert status, women still had dealings with the legal system in colonial America.