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I have indeed noticed that a government is not a single person, but I simply would not think of a rogue agent as representative of the said government, and what they did as what the government had done.

From my perspective, the crime would need to be officially sanctioned by the person or people in power, for it to be called "done by the government". Just like if a US government employee is turned rogue, deciding to act against the US government, I wouldn't say that the US government is now against the US government.