Fool, do a bit of research. CIA used to run regime change operations via funding opposition groups. Now, its NED. And NED is funded by the State Department via an Act of Congress.
"The NED receives an annual appropriation from the U.S. budget (it is included in the chapter of the Department of State budget destined for the U.S. Agency for International Development-USAID) and is subject to congressional oversight even as a non-governmental organization."
