Group of Fifty

The Group of Fifty was a Terrorist Organization founded by Michael Waters, the Deputy Director of the FBI and Commissioner of the Explosives and Ballistics Commission, and Senator Jason Eckstein. It carried out the Las Vegas Strip Bombings, Mardi Gras Bombings and the Willis Tower Attack. It was led by Waters until his death when Olivia Christie took over as Cell Director. Christie was arrested on October 11th, 2021 and died in prison on October 20th. She was replaced by Katherine Sharp as Cell Director on the 11th. As of February 18th, 2023 it was officially declared defunct. It is believed by the US Intelligence Community that only one member of the Group is potentially still out there, Jen Tha, former ATF Special Agent-in-Charge and Associate Commissioner for the Explosives and Ballistics Commission’s Nuclear Division and later Deputy Commissioner for the EBC. It is believed that the Group of Fifty is responsible for the deaths of over 17,000 people.

Founding
The Group was originally founded as a Political Action group. Eckstein, a Republican Senator from Montana and Michael Waters, then Associate Deputy Director of the FBI. The original motives were corrupt, but not terroristic in nature. Waters worked with Eckstein, then Chair of the Intelligence Committee to get information on Presidential Candidates running in the 2020 Election. Eventually things took a turn, Marlin Sherene, Senate President Pro Tempere was assassinated by Waters for leaking information about Waters and his group. Eckstein disagreed with killing, and thought of what Waters did as disgusting. Eckstein decided to leave the group, he resigned from Senate and went on the run from Waters.

Waters then turned the group into his own personal vehicle for causing terror and pushing his own agenda. Waters recruited many former ISIS and Al Qaeda terrorists to join him on attacks against the United States. He got them jobs within the FBI and other government agencies

Dissolution
On February 18th, 2023 FBI Director Emily Griffin announced that the group was officially inactive, and no new coordinators had been arrested for several months. The United States House Select Committee on Domestic Terrorism also closed it’s investigation the same day.

After the resignation of Emily Griffin as FBI Director, several conspiracy theories about her being involved with the Group of Fifty flooded the internet. On April 9th 2023 The FBI revealed that an unidentified agent had been working undercover in the group during it’s existence. The agent later identified as the husband of Director Griffin, Arthur Griffin through leaked documents on Wikileaks was subjected to investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Agency (NACA) the results of the NACA investigation were released on October 9th, 2023 it concluded that both Director and Agent Griffin had improperly used their positions to collect evidence against several group members.

On March 4th, 2024 the FBI released the Waters File, the first major FBI document regarding the investigation to be declassified. The file discussed the involvement of several top White House officials, including Homeland Security Advisor Brian Canek, Deputy White House Communications Director Gregory Brook, and Senior Advisor to the President Richard Clyde. The FBI also declassified that over 10 of it’s employees, 6 of which Special Agents were actively involved in the group. The FBI also disclosed it’s belief that the Group planned the death of Marlin Sherene, previously thought to have been a suicide, fingerprints found at Sherene’s location of death were matched to Deputy Director Waters after his death.

Successor
After the destruction of the Group of Fifty, surviving member Jen Tha reorganized the group into her own personal militant group. She disguised it as an official classified agency of the US Government, the NSA and CIA both approved transfers requested by them under the name Office of National Security ONS, Tha took on the role of Director of the ONS and made targets. Unlike the Group of Fifty, Tha's cell, nicknamed by the media as the Christie Camp after it was learned that Olivia Christie, formerly thought to be dead was alive. Christie surrendered herself into FBI custody on December 6th, 2024. On December 7th, the states of Maryland and Virginia, as well as Washington D.C. were forced into a Lockdown to search for Tha, who reportedly was on her way to the airport. On December 8th a National Lockdown had been imposed by President Steve Louvak, all US Police and Army forces were ordered to patrol cities and towns searching for Tha. The Metropolitan Police Services in the UK also reported that they saw Tha in London, so London also went into Lockdown, the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Windsor, Toronto, Niagara Falls and Montrèal were also placed in lockdown citing concerns over border crossings by Tha.

Background
Marlin Sherene, the Republican Senate Pro Tempere was an American politician, he was born in 1950 to Major William Sherene and Cressida Sherene. He was first elected to the Senate in 1987 at the age of 37. Sherene went on to become Senate Majority Leader in 2000 and served for 6 years until the Democratic took control of the Senate. He resigned his leadership position and became a Backbencher for few years. He entered the scene again in 2012 when he became Senate Pro Tempere.

Assassination
On March 3rd, 2020 almost a year before the Las Vegas Strip Bombings. Senator Marlin Sherene was being escorted to his home in Chevy Chase in his armoured car by the US Capitol Police. He had two Capitol Police Officers assigned to him at all times. Sherene lived with his wife, Edwina Sherene, the couple and also had a live in Housekeeper, Bianca Gomez, and a maid that would come in for two hours every morning.