Everyone is surprised to find the government does shady stuff, but many of these operations are even acknowledged like Iran-Contra where the government sold arms to the embargoed Khomeini government to generate black money to fund the Contras.
> Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.[2] The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
> Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.[2] The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair
It's also discussed that the CIA does similar things with poppies to generate black money to fund regime changey activities.
Here's one such article which is a weird source, but points to more mainstream sources for evidence.
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/a-conspiracy-theory-that-be...