It's significantly worse than you could imagine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladio "The role of the CIA in Gladio ...

It's significantly worse than you could imagine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladio "The role of the CIA in Gladio ... are the subject of debate. The European Parliament resolution on Gladio concluded that military secret services in certain member states were involved in serious terrorism and crime, whether or not their superiors were aware.[2]" But it was a secret, and researched only later.