Yup. Find a loyal party member and move them into a position where they can serve the needs of the party.
If they get caught, they become a scapegoat.
Obama/Clinton put loyal party members into every corner of gov't so it would serve their agenda from behind the curtain.
Agency Employees regularly change agencies so that it appears they are not working for the agency.... Most of the agency employees I know or have known regularly change agencies and spend fully half their time being washed and cleansed of stench all the while performing information gathering duties.