Truly powerful actors are often able to use government policy as a means of achieving their schemes, either via influence or simply running the relevant portion

Truly powerful actors are often able to use government policy as a means of achieving their schemes, either via influence or simply running the relevant portions of the government themselves. Why bother taking pains to hide anything when what you're doing is technically legal? The best part is, said policy can later be propped up to appear as if it was actually in everyone's best interest.