CIA covert "rendition" operative blows her cover for frequent flyer miles
{{date|February 19, 2006}}

A December CIA report revealed several incidents of sloppy undercover work by agents.  In one humorous series of incidents, a clandestine operative booked herself at foreign hotels under aliases, but insisted that frequent-flier miles earned at the hotels be credited to her personal frequent-flier account.

Other incidents detailed included cases of covert agents who failed to remove their cell phone batteries, making them vulnerable to electronic tracking even if the phone was off.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_3522545
|title=News of the weird
|author=|pub=Salt Lake City Tribune|date=February 18, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0512250380dec25,1,7824008.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
|title=CIA's bungled Italy job
|author=John Crewdson
|pub=Chicago Tribune
|date=December 25, 2005}}

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A December CIA report revealed several incidents of sloppy undercover work by agents.  In one humorous series of incidents, a clandestine operative booked herself at foreign hotels under aliases, but insisted that frequent-flier miles earned at the hotels be credited to her personal frequent-flier account.

Other incidents detailed included cases of covert agents who failed to remove their cell phone batteries, making them vulnerable to electronic tracking even if the phone was off.
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