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Which agency is known for running clandestine operations?

clandestine

[klan-des-tin] / klænˈdɛs tɪn /


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Gradually a picture of OpenAI agents’ clandestine activities beyond Hugging Face has emerged, stretching back to the fall of 2025, the swarm chasers say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

As Béatrice’s amateur detective work pulls her in deeper, the strands begin to suggest a conspiracy, one marked by mysterious disappearances and the clandestine sway of the Vatican.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rules followed by American companies are also unlikely to bind foreign rivals, a hostile government, or a clandestine organization.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The BBC can reveal that those staff objected to a line in the report concluding that he was "an unlikely candidate for clandestine involvement with Islamist extremists".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

It was no fluke: in another clandestine workout not long after, the colt would tie a thirty-year-old world record for seven eighths of a mile, running it in 1:22.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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