NATO comes to mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio
>Operation Gladio was the codename for clandestine "stay-behind" operations of armed resistance that were organized by the Western Union (WU), and subsequently by NATO and the CIA,[1][2] in collaboration with several European intelligence agencies during the Cold War.[3] The operation was designed for a potential Warsaw Pact invasion and conquest of Europe. Although Gladio specifically refers to the Italian branch of the NATO stay-behind organizations, "Operation Gladio" is used as an informal name for all of them. Stay-behind operations were prepared in many NATO member countries, and some neutral countries.[4] During the Cold War, anti-communist armed groups engaged in attacks on left-wing parties with torture, terrorist attacks, and massacres in countries such as Italy.[5][6][7][verification needed] The role of the CIA and other intelligence organisations in Gladio—the extent of its activities during the Cold War era and any responsibility for terrorist attacks perpetrated in Italy during the "Years of Lead" (late 1960s–early 1980s)—is the subject of debate. The US State Department published a communiqué in January 2006 that stated claims the United States ordered, supported, or authorized terrorism by stay-behind units, and US-sponsored "false flag" operations are rehashed former Soviet disinformation based on documents that the Soviets forged.[8] The word gladio is the Italian form of gladius, a type of Roman shortsword.
Imagine what they're capable of pulling nowadays if back then they were already capable to pull such stunts and getting away with it
What's hacking and election tampering compared to that? Virtually nothing
Now the objectives have changed, ideological fuckeries also, but you still get factions that want to maintain themselves in power and get rid of their opponents, that doesn't change, and the tool, when it comes to NATO is just that, a tool, it's a network in the hands of TPTB
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