It's like "Mission: Impossible." Here, I'm thinking of the original TV series.
"If you or any of your IM force is caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions."
They were our good guys, oh-so-stylish and professional and the bad guys deserved it. But eventually I realized they we false-flag and set-up artists. The bad guys were rarely caught for the real crimes they'd committed, just gulled into doing it for the IM Force. I doubt real life is as sanitized and beneficial as the show.