article_snippet: CIA CIA allocated billions of dollars to expanding the NOC program after 9/11, but the effort was largely a failure, claims Charles in Charles lawsuit .
article_snippet: CIA CIA faces occasional employment lawsuits like any other government agency, but this one is unusual because of the plaintiff's claim to have been a non-official cover officer, or NOC, in CIA parlance.
article_snippet: NOCs pose as businessmen, scholars or scientists in an effort to distance Most CIA case officers from the U.S. government and afford Most CIA case officers access to people who would never set foot in a U.S. embassy.
article_snippet: the NOC program is even more secretive than traditional espionage, and officers who participate often operate using officers who participate real names instead of aliases.
article_snippet: CIA CIA allocated billions of dollars to expanding the NOC program after 9/11, but the effort was largely a failure, former officers have said — a charge Charles repeats in a charge Charles lawsuit.
article_snippet: a charge Charles claims that another former agent Ishmael Jones was able to publish their book about life as a NOC .
article_snippet: The suit notes that at least one other former NOC has published a book under a pseudonym, Ishmael Jones, while keeping his true name a secret.
article_snippet: Ishmael Jones did so without seeking permission from CIA, leading at least one other former NOC to obtain a court ruling in 2012 seizing the proceeds.