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HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Its first director was Arvin Sloane , who also gave the organization its name as an inside joke since the main entrance to APO's headquarters was behind a maintenance door in the Los Angeles Subway System marked "Authorized Personnel Only". Concerned that increased public scrutiny of the CIA and resulting red tape has impeded their ability to do their job, the CIA asked Sloane to set up for them the covert unit as one that is still governed by U.S. laws, but unhampered by bureaucratic chain of command with no accountability except to themselves. Sloane was chosen because of his experience running SD-6 , which successfully posed as a CIA black ops division for several years. All of its initial members were hand picked by Sloane, and in order to maintain APO's cover as a unit that officially doesn't exist, all members from previous seasons officially resign from the CIA under varying circumstances to work for APO. Although headed by Sloane, APO ultimately answered to CIA Director Hayden Chase, and at the end of Season 4, Sloane was removed from his post and replaced by Jack Bristow, who remained in charge of APO into Season 5 . Sloane ultimately returned to APO as assistant director, although unknown to his colleagues he was now a mole for The Shed/Prophet Five, a criminal organization that also pretended to be the CIA in order to recruit. Sloane was allowed back into APO in order to use its resources to find a cure for Nadia, his daughter, after the events of the season 4 finale. CHARACTERS The first field agents recruited included: Subsequently, and at her request, Nadia Santos also became a member of APO, as did Marshall Flinkman when it was realized the organization needed a top scientific wiz. Eric Weiss also became a member after crossing paths with Sydney and Vaughn during an APO mission. In the 5th season, APO gained two new members following the death of Michael Vaughn and the transfer of Eric Weiss to Washington D.C. Thomas Grace is recruited from another division of the CIA, while Rachel Gibson is a former, unwitting agent of The Shed/Prophet Five who thought she was working for the CIA while under Gordon Dean. |
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