Maybe we should ask nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m if he knows something about that first hand. Anyway, part of this "work" is done covertly by the CIA and part of it, more in the open, through the NED. The NED board of directors is made up of former CIA officials, and the NED's funding comes from the United States government, which is the same source of funding for the CIA. Of course, these are all conspiracy theories.