The vast majority is not true,'' agency spokesman Tom Crispell said. Isn't that nice. To really understand CIA, you have to remember that perhaps its best cover story is that it's an intelligence organization. It doesn't do much intelligence. Intelligence is gathered by other assets throughout the Government, also.
Covert operations is their big money deal.
That's the technical side of the agency. That's a business that is almost everywhere. These people are the only ones doing covert work. It's a small group of specialists. Understanding Special Operations, p.153.