The White Council probably sent him on "spying missions" because he was best suited to the job. The other members would stand out too much (Can you see Galadriel sneaking into a dungeon?), and Gandalf was already used to appearing much more ordinary than he really was.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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