Black operations are a deniable category within a wider range of special operations. Many special-forces missions fall outside that category. An organization may be publicly acknowledged while particular missions remain secret, whereas some organizations themselves are concealed. Calling all of these activities black operations obscures those distinctions.
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Black operations are only one clandestine category
Special operations include more than deniable black operations, and secret units differ from acknowledged units that carry out secret missions.