Think of the C-A cabal as a collective of a million little cells.
None of them know about the other.
They don't get money from C-A, they get it from other sources.
The handler for ever cell may be a Field Officer of Clowns and only that officer will know about the cell and their activity.
Plausible deniability is important.
In this way, officers and officials cannot be held responsible easily. No paper trails, no electronic trails. Each field officer could have ops happening that nobody else knows about. In theory.
Watch - Made in America for a perfect illustration.