Languages - August 2006

Hi, I am from Taiwan and I got an English question. It goes like this:"Devoted to defending lost causes and beautiful women, Tanner possesses an array of talents and connections so singular that he is a natural for perilous top-secret missions--the sort that will retroactively cease to exist if something goes wrong.
Please tell me, what does "the sort" refer to here. Does it refer to "missions" or "Tanner", the secret agent?
Thank you very much for your answers.

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