A `` presidential finding '' allows certain covert activities . Whenever the CIA is engaged in secret action , the U.S. wants plausible deniability of the role it may have played -- but as the former senior intelligence official indicated , that is n't always the case . The law is primarily focused on the use of the CIA . It does not allow for any other type of operation, such as a drone strike or assassination program.
A `` presidential finding '' allows certain covert activities . The law is primarily focused on the use of the CIA . It does not allow for any other type of operation, such as a drone strike or assassination program.