A standing army of secret soldiers beholden to no one except their military overlords is exactly what my ancestors went to war with their English rulers over back 255 years ago.
Yup. Undoubtedly. The only way we can be “free”.
The article is a lot of hype and misdirection. The essential point is simply that the work of creating and using false identities and disguises is more demanding and sophisticated these days, thus requiring a large establishment of people skilled in such things.