"Agency" is a telling word choice.
Definition of agency 1a: the office or function of an agent or b: the relationship between a principal and that person's agent
2: the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power : OPERATION
3: a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved : INSTRUMENTALITY communicated through the agency of the ambassador*
4: an establishment engaged in doing business for another an advertising agency
5: an administrative division (as of a government) the agency for consumer protection
All the agencies, agents, instruments, and networks must be uncovered and their goals and missions revealed.
Absolutely - and there are a lot of them
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