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An agent sent to spy on a foreign country might, for instance, work as a businessperson, a worker for a non-profit organization ( such as a humanitarian group ), or an academic.

For example, paramedic Teresa Tharp, from Sussex County Delaware was an NOC agent for several years, working to infiltrate the poultry industry on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Also, retired NOC agent Scott Mahalick operated as a manager with a broadcast company for 10 years before leaving the agency and working full time in the radio broadcast industry.

The CIA's Ishmael Jones spent nearly two decades as a NOC.