They certainly were & are immoral (lots still happening)... though as an anarchist I find it quite easy to believe that this is what every government does. Violent organized crime is violent organized crime.
Right, the government has been consistently spreading its tentacles, expanding its ability to control, strengthening its brainwashing... who knows wtf they're doing now.
RE: Down the Vaccine Rabbit Hole, Episode 1: "The Government Would Never Do That!"