I'm thinking the World Security Council? I don't remember if they got disbanded after Winter Soldier or not, but it seems the kind of thing they'd do to move into the vacuum of Fury's presumed death.
I love Ward just for the nut job aspect. So totally not what I expected from the beginning of season 1. And I actually like the actor now, where I thought he was just a bland-looking beefcake to fill out the team and maybe go around shirtless. But then, they had James Marsters for that in Buffy and he was the best at his nuttiest before they gave him a soul.
How did the "real" SHIELD know about the alien DNA stuff? does every damn person know that was how Coulson was resurrected?
That might be info that Bobbi and Mack slipped them.
So "real" SHIELD doesn't know Fury's alive, that kind of negates their legitimacy, but damn, they've got some resources. I wonder who their shadow masters are.
They might not be evil, though. They could legitmately be some rogue SHIELD operatives that think that Coulson's not fit to lead. they would be wrong, but they could think that.
That's how I read them, Vortex.
Yeah, that's my reading, as well. (Except for maybe Agent Baldy McDouchebag.) They legitimately blame Fury for the fall of SHIELD and believe that Coulson has been compromised by his resurrection via alien DNA injection.
It's like the fall of the Soviet Union, local leaders grabbing the resources for their own purposes.
I do wonder if they see the irony in condemning Coulson for keeping secrets when they haven't even revealed that they exist.
Agent Baldy McDouchebag
Charlie! I wonder if he'll complain on FB again when his character is killed off.