A black operation typically involves activities that are highly secret and often outside of standard military protocol, sometimes against the law. Key features of a black operation are that it is classified, it has negative overtones, and it is not attributable to the organization carrying it out. The main difference between a black operation and one that is merely clandestine is that a black operation involves a significant degree of deception, to conceal who is behind it or to make it appear that some other entity is responsible...