When Ling's operation ended, the Western media also received information from their respective country's intelligence departments and hurriedly published other news to distract the public. After all, so many people had died, it's no wonder they were rattled.
Even if they were reporting on both sides of the battlefield...
They would dare to expose the dark history of the President of the United States, severe criticism of various legislators in the newspapers, and they relished doing so. However, they were intimidated by the unorthodox entity that was 'committing crimes' like a ghost around them.
Unless this force was directly targeted by the FBI and every government in the world, as with those terrorist groups, they were not afraid. They believed these entities wouldn't be allowed in their countries and would be severely cracked down on.
But all the opponent did now was kill some deserving assassins and vile drug traffickers.
They did not reveal themselves to the public.