Regardless of proaganda, the CIA is literally authorized by act of Congress, while I am prohibited by various acts of Congress. The CIA, the Congress, and the United States may be evil in your opinion, but there are facts which differentiate my actions from that of the CIA.

Sure - and it works the exact same way in, say, Russia, or China. The main difference between those and CIA is American propaganda.

Yes.

As in the USA, certain acts that individuals do in China and Russia are prohibited in their respective regimes and yet practiced by their foreign intelligence agencies. We agree fully.

That is not the point you were originally making. You seemed, facetiously, to be confused that behavior prohibited to US citizens was permitted to the US intelligence apparatus.