The season follows Dexter, who is forced to deal with his past when he comes across Dr. Evelyn Vogel, a woman who claims to have structured the code for him alongside Harry.
covert action. 1. a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation. Also called covert operation. Altogether, a great storyâand a surprising disclosure of covert action. Well, Brennan points out, covert action programs are, by definition, classified.
In 1961, Harvey was the CIA agent who conceived the so-called Executive Action contingency program, which advocated the assassination of foreign enemies. The Special Group was evidently intrigued and a host of bizarre assassination plots were planned and executed without success.