Third Echelon

Third Echelon is a top-secret initiative within the various intelligence branches of the United States National Security Agency established in the 1990s. It is tasked with spearheading the American information warfare initiative. Its primary goal was to serve as the equivalent of Special Forces in the modern age of information warfare.

Its most significant initiative is the "Splinter Cell" program in which lone operatives, called "Splinter Cells", conduct field work in sensitive areas around the world. Their work is the darkest of black ops, retrieving the most vital intelligence and acting on it in ways that other operatives cannot. Unlike the CIA's field operatives, their identities are kept secret, even from other government agencies.

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