secret squirrel mission
n.— «The detail protects the governor, the lieutenant governor, visiting dignitaries and other elected officials deemed to be at risk. But Mr. Wiese so frequently dispatched members of the detail to other duties that State Police officials referred to them as “secret squirrel missions” and “colonel missions.”» —“Cuomo Report Finds Political Interference Among State Police” by Nicholas Confessore New York Times Sept. 9, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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