Allen Stevens is an agent with The Committee.
That is how most of the people who are aware of this extremely secret American government "department", and they are few, refer to it; its full name, one not to be found on any official budget, is The Committee to Protect America, or CPA. It was formed by an unnamed U.S. President a few decades ago and has operated in the background for quite a while. "The Committee was to be a five-person group... The actual individuals on The Committee were to be secret and appointed from different walks of life by the President. The function of The Committee was to commission assassinations and other initiatives that weren't allowed by federal law. Later presidents would deny any knowledge of any such meeting or group. Plausible deniability ... is what allows clandestine operations to function".
As mentioned, the exact Chief Executive is not revealed but since we watch as Stevens becomes one of the Committee's operatives and he was recruited at age 20 into the organization in 1961, we can assumed it was Kennedy or before.
Stevens becomes noticed as a potential agent while in boot camp for the Air Force where he showed impressive skills in a wide range, testing near the top in several exams and being able to complete "every physical and mental test without difficulty" including showing a mastery at the firing range. He was also found to be "undisciplined and combative". His independent nature would not change much over time.
Stevens' work for the Committee was the elimination of targets its leaders considered dangers to the country, including some very high up in elected office. We will watch as Stevens and his fellow agents carry out these removals with very little questioning. Why does not matter much to Stevens, only who, how, and when.
Good Lines:
- Said by his Committee recruiter when the concept of the Committee was explained to him: "What you have just been told is complete nonsense, but you might want to consider it Gospel".
- Said by an instructor, "In this business people die and it's not always the bad guy".