They can't be de-programmed. At that point they would understand what you did and now you have a bigger problem.
I don't know where this is going. I'm sure someone with a CIA background probably has a good idea of how this plays out but I have a feeling I don't want to hear the answer.
If I had to take a wild guess, it looks like some seasoned vets at the CIA who knew what they were doing planned all of it. These groups are not the thing. It's the thing to get them to the thing they desire or, the desires of someone higher which is likely the case. Only true way to kill this thing is find that person and eliminate them. Going the be difficult though because these fuckers are set up deep inside our own castle.