Our government would never do something like that. Sure they would!!
Only they hide it by creating shell or dummy company's to create plausible deniability.
Little things like legal or ethical dilemma's would be rationalized away (rational lies) as necessary for the greater good.
Ask yourself this.........if Jan 1, 2010 it was possible to create a 'mini-me' of osama bin laden, that would have a telepathic or remote viewing connection, and thereby a ~20-30% chance of catching OBL, do you think any ethical issue would prevent it happening?
Not a chance.