What is the role of covert action as a tool of strategic decision-making?

What is the role of covert action as a tool of strategic decision-making? What conflicts exist where an intelligence agency is the same that uses secret information to carry-out executive decisions to engage in covert action? Does covert action support the practice of state-craft or is it a tool used to carry out actions to further security, military, economic, and business interests?

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