This would seem to facilitate the aims of a “shadow” presidency, with bureaucrats in place across gov departments accessing NSA data on a self-service basis and taking direction from outside the new administration.
No doubt there’s plausible deniability for BHO. Brennan would likely have mobilized his foreign assets to provide direction.
Funding for this definitely off the books and outside the US - Ukraine international aid? C_A slush accounts? Libya gold? CF? State Dept (just where did that missing $6 billion go under HRC?) Other foundations? SA? Iran?
Bank statements for some accounts in offshore and weakly-regulated jurisdictions would make fascinating reading.