Covert action is defined in Title 50 of the U.S. Code as “an activity or activities of the United States Government to influence political, economic, or military conditions abroad, where it is intended that the role of the United States will not be apparent or acknowledged publicly.”8 The President may authorize the conduct of a covert action only if he or she determines such an action is “necessary to support identifiable foreign policy objectives of the United States, and is important to the national security of the United States.”9 Section 3093 of Title 50, U.S. Code sets out how the congressional intelligence committees are to be informed of covert actions, to include the use of cyber capabilities when employed in a covert action.10