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It’s a choice that feels almost masturbatory, a covert nod to the fact that this movie exists for no reason other than the fact that someone wanted it to.

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Our anti-corruption unit is currently running multiple covert operations, looking at cases involving racism, misogyny and criminal relationships.

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Over the next seven months, covert recording allowed the BBC to gather clear evidence corroborating what whistleblowers had described.

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Just like that bill increased ICE’s funding by billions of dollars, Lockjaw’s new group of bigot buddies aims to use their money to fund covert methods of “racial purification.”

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As well as journalists, Mr McCullough has looked at how covert measures may have been used against lawyers and others.

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