except that one is a disguise and the other is wearing civilian clothing when off duty, but making no attempt to hide his affiliations.

Or do you think that Galad, who never drinks, found himself in a tavern, where a Whitecloak came up to him and whispered in his ear "I know you're training with the Warders and ordinarily we're supposed to kill you on sight, and we've spent most of the last year stirring up huge riots against your mother, which ordinarily you wouldn't think too highly of, and we're infiltrating the city, which ordinarily you'd feel ethically compelled to report to the Tower Guards, but hasn't this been fun? Tomorrow night's our book club, by the way."