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Originally Posted by section eight  Just my use of logic to determine that the reason why they don't want the names of covert agents to be mentioned in the press is so that that information won't fall into the hands of hostile foreign governments like the one in Havana. |
The operations and intentions of CIA may very well be more complicated than that. Also the term "public acknowledgement" may have very well been inserted to differentiate between the operations of other covert entities to divulge information.
Regardless this remains speculation without some legal precedent.