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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] Something not being taken into account with these post-[i]Deep Space Nine[/i] speculations on Section 31 is that their cover is effectively blown. Although not closure was given, it's possible that the body of a high-ranking Section 31 operative is still sitting in Deep Space Nine's morgue. The Federation Council knows that Section 31 created the Founders' Disease and used Odo to spread it. The command crew of Deep Space Nine knows this, and, thanks to Odo rejoining the Great Link, the Dominion knows this as well. Now, the Federation Council decided against giving the cure to the Founders until Sisko forced them into it in "What You Leave Behind", so one could conceivably use that to argue against my coming point. However, considering the good PR the Federation likes to maintain, I'd imagine that there would be hearings into Section 31 now that the war is over. Hell, we saw them debating the Genesis Incident in [i]The Search For Spock[/i] and this attempted act of genocide would surely be worth investigating (if not just for the general paranoia that the existence of such an organization as Section 31 would generate). In the aftermath of such hearings, I doubt that Section 31 would remain the powerful organization it was (if it were to allowed to survive at all). An analogous situation would be the tightening of the reigns that Congress undertook with the CIA under Carter (I think -- whoever signed the bill outlawing political assassinations and whatever else the first President Bush complains about nowadays hampering the CIA's efforts). So, either Section 31 goes public and accepts some oversight, or the organization itself is broken down. In either case, it loses power and influence. Now, on the flip side to that, a new organization could probably arise to assume the mission and methods of the old Section 31. In such a case, though, I think we're looking a new group needing a good amount of time to organize itself and begin exerting its power behind the scenes of the Federation again. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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