the proposed covert action finding and its implementation, the CAPG
may stop covert action proposals if it deems them unfeasible, inap-
propriate, illegal, or contrary to American principles. See also
COVERTACTION REVIEWGROUP.COVERT ACTION REVIEW GROUP (CARG).This Central In-
telligence Agency (CIA) committee is comprised of senior CIAoffi-
cials, including the deputy director of operations (DDO), who review
covert actionplans, pursuant to a finding, prepared by the Covert
Action Planning Group (CAPG). The CARG has the authority to
put a stop to a planned covert operation for any number of reasons,
including impracticality, expense, adverse publicity, or possible dam-
age to U.S. foreign relations.CRATEOLOGY.Crateology refers to the science of determining the
contents of a box or a crate from its attributes. Developed by U.S. in-
telligence in the 1950s, the methodology helps to interpret obscure
markings on crates and determine their contents from their shapes
and sizes. U.S. intelligence had determined during the Cold Warthat
Warsaw Pactcountries, and especially the Soviet Union, used the
same kind of crates to ship known types of military equipment, such
as aircraft wings or missiles. By identifying the type of crate and its
markings, intelligence analysts could then make reasonable judg-
ments about the crate’s contents. Because of the possibility of decep-
tion and the uncertainty associated with such judgments, however, in-
telligence analysts almost certainly tried to corroborate the
information from other sources, such as human intelligence
(HUMINT) assets. Crateology is a subfield of the Measurement and
Signature Intelligence(MASINT) collection system.CRYPTOLOGY.Cryptology is the science of designing communica-
tions codes and of finding the appropriate keys for decoding foreign
communications, both of which have been, and are, central to intelli-
gence work. Specially trained cryptologists seek to design unbreak-
able codes while also searching for the formulas that might give them
clues in deciphering foreign messages. Cryptology is one of the old-
est intelligence techniques, a discipline now practiced and managed
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