I love the new actions, although I feel I will hate it when the AI raises LD on my subjects after I force-convert them or something. I have some questions though.
Will the new covert actions be available to everyone from 1444, or do you need to unlock certain Espionnage ideas? If the latter, which ones? If the former, aren't you afraid that this will not make Espionnage that much more interesting? Sure "Efficient spies" it makes spies less likely to get caught but there could be lots of other good places to study tech, especially if you're not western. And that's the only idea in the idea group that is improved by the addition of these covert actions.
Also, currently when a spy is discovered supporting rebels, infiltrating administration, sowing dissent or sabotaging reputation, you are banned from doing any of these to the country for a while (5 years ?), but can still fabricate claims and trade conflicts. Am I right in assuming the two new actions will behave the same? (i.e if you are caught supporting rebels you can't then raise liberty desire, and vice versa).