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Am I the only person, when thinking of governments, that has removed "legality" as a barrier to any potential action?

You most certainly are not the only person.

At this point, I presume governments are breaking every law on the books. Who is going to stop them?

Nowadays you just call it the fight against terrorism and greenlight whatever you want.

The government, in a time of war, will pull all sorts of nasty shenanigans. Thankfully, we've been at war for a while so.. dont be traitors now.

You've clearly never heard of intelligence laundering before.