You think you're joking but look at what Trump has done to the hhs cdc nasa epa. The top of the government appoints the chief directors of the agencies responsible for handling the direction of research and especially the funding. No money no research.
“She did not jump a wall, she did not swim a river,” he said. “She came in Trump’s beautiful, big front door.”
His wife got illegally arrested and detained and he's still talking like a fucking retard.
Least legal is only in public knowledge. They for sure have done illegal penetration tests