Chapter 8: Advanced Research Group United Support (ARGUS)
NAME: Advanced Research Group United Support (ARGUS)
For this story, I took most of my organization from the Arrowverse. However, I found that the organization was very flawed. For example, a secret organization doing a secret covert infiltration on Lian Yu decides that a daytime parachute infiltration is the BEST option. Seriously! IT'S AN ISLAND. Use a damn boat.
MEMBERS:
Director: Amanda Waller
Lyla Michaels
Erkin Aycan
John Carron
David Ferreira
Patrick Gray
Dale Gunn
Tanya Lamdon
Jodi Lavoie
Alan Chang
John Diggle
Mina Fayad (HIVE)
Curtis Holt
John Le
Jordan Pierce
Mark Shaw
Tim Sullivan
Maseo Yamashiro
ORIGIN:
ARGUS was originally formed by US Government officials to deal with specific threats to the US like the League of Assassins, HIVE, and the Church of Blood. However, under Director Waller, their mandate was expanded to include any known US threat. Some opportunistic people took this to mean economic as well as a physical threat. They also took the term 'threat' very liberally. For example: Grumpy Cat is a threat because he gave me a mean look.
MOTIVATION:
ARGUS is 'generally' motivated to ensure the safety of US citizens as a whole. However, they do not feel obligated to worry about a specific US citizen inside or outside the US country boundaries. Under Director Waller, that motivation became even vaguer. It became more about protecting ARGUS interests as defined by Waller than US interests.
NOTES:
I found that the ARGUS displayed in the Arrowverse is a perfect example of a US Government organization that was given little to no oversight and way too much power to do what they 'thought' was right to protect 'American' interests. Too often those interests are not the US or American, but one selfish man's interests.
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Endnotes:
ARGUS - Advanced Research Group United Support - Top secret US government organization funded by US interested within the US government.
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