History Main / CloakAndDagger

* The [[{{Halo}} Office of Naval Intelligence]], best known for [[SuperSoldiers creating]] TheHero, Master Chief.

* In the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', this is the function of [[AncientConspiracy Tarot's]] Wands Division. One CIA analyst compared the Wands to "the KGB in the good old days of Communism... except the Wands have supervillains."

* ''CityOfHeroes'' has the Malta Group, a international coalition of intelligence agents formed during the Cold War to [[KnightsTemplar get around their government's unwillingness to conscript superheroes into the intelligence community]].

*** Examples: "Jinx" Johnson (Creator/HalleBerry) in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', Xander "Triple-X" Cage (VinDiesel) in ''xXx'', and John Casey (Creator/AdamBaldwin) on ''{{Chuck}}''; none of whom seem to be information analysts as their primary role (Cage and Casey are specifically recruited as adaptive enforcers, while Jinx is a straight-out assassin of similar stature to Film/JamesBond).

* The Good Guy agencies on ''{{Chuck}}'' are nominally the CIA and the NSA, though they bear little resemblance to their real-world counterparts. The Bad Guy organizations, Fulcrum and the Ring, seem largely made up of rogue espionage agents.

* The Black Organization in ''DetectiveConan'' seemed to have this going on, but subverted by some of its members decided to continue having relationships and friendships. [[spoiler:Akemi and Shiho (because they are sisters), Rena and Shuichi, Vermouth and "Ano Kata."]] Others perceive fellow members as tools (Gin).

* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': [[spoiler:Section 31, the Federation's clandestine black-ops group, which was first revealed in the TV series StarTrekDeepSpaceNine.]].

* The VCI from ''AlphaProtocol'' seem to work mostly by [[StuffBlowingUp blowing things up]]. The G22 are a wee bit more discreet, but still do more ass-kicking than data-milling. The eponymous organization exists to carry out missions that the United States doesn't want to be officially involved with.

*** Examples: "Jinx" Johnson (Creator/HalleBerry) in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', Xander "Triple-X" Cage (VinDiesel) in ''xXx'', and John Casey (Creator/AdamBaldwin) on ''{{Chuck}}''; none of whom seem to be information analysts as their primary role (Cage and Casey are specifically recruited as adaptive enforcers, while Jinx is a straight-out assassin of similar stature to JamesBond).

* In the later Literature/HonorHarrington books, [[ThoseTwoGuys Victor Cachat and Anton Zilwicki]] fill this role, ostensibly on behalf of the Kingdom of Torch. This is somewhat complicated by the fact that officially, Victor Cachat is an agent of the Republic of Haven, and Anton Zilwicki is an agent of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, two nations which are actually at war with each other [[spoiler: Until ''Mission of Honor'']]. They tend to team up to go after their nations' [[EnemyMine mutual enemies]], primarily the Mesan Alignment. Their respective governments rarely ''sanction'' these efforts, and at worst are occasionally frustrated to learn they have no idea just what their agents are up to, but they are [[SureWhyNot more than happy to reap the benefits]].

* The Bureau, the 'deniable' British intelligence service of the {{Quiller}} series by AdamHall.

* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': [[spoiler:Section 31, the Federation's clandestine black-ops group]].

*** Examples: "Jinx" Johnson (Creator/HalleBerry) in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', Xander "Triple-X" Cage (VinDiesel) in ''xXx'', and John Casey (Creator/AdamBaldwin) on ''{{Chuck}}''; none of whom seem to be information analysts as their primary role (Cage and Casey are specifically recruited as adaptive enforcers).

** [=MI6=] is actually an agency called SIS, with James Bond as the most {{egregious}} producer of this inaccuracy. It hasn't been called that since UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, well before Ian Fleming served. The agency now has to use the title in its recruitment advert.
** Contrary to popular belief, Canada ''does'' have its own intelligence agency, called C-SIS (Canadian Special Intelligence Service). As with most Canadian agencies, it doesn't get much publicity[[note]]Except ''bad'' publicity, like leaving an unsecured laptop full of classified information in a phone booth in Toronto, an incident that either had Canadians shaking their heads at the bad portrayal of their intelligence service, or saying "We have an intelligence service?"[[/note]]. The girl at the end of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' is the only one that comes to mind.

*** Examples: "Jinx" Johnson (HalleBerry) in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', Xander "Triple-X" Cage (VinDiesel) in ''xXx'', and John Casey (Creator/AdamBaldwin) on ''{{Chuck}}''; none of whom seem to be information analysts as their primary role (Cage and Casey are specifically recruited as adaptive enforcers).

Spy Agencies in Real Life are largely dull bureaucracies that exist to gather vast amounts of minute detail, then sort through it for anything interesting. Ian Fleming and the ColdWar as a whole changed all that by creating a vast horde of glamorous secret agents devoted to fighting for Queen and Country (or whatever leadership of whatever nation).

* The organization of burned spies in BurnNotice.

* SMERSH (Smyert Shpionam {Смерть шпионам}, "Death to Spies")was a Real Life agency. It was a subsection of the then-NKVD during WorldWarTwo, whose existence was devoted to halting espionage within the USSR. The organization was disbanded -- officially, that is -- shortly after the end of the war, but Ian Fleming appropriated it and used is as what amounts to a terrorist organization funded by the KGB.

** [=MI6=] is actually an agency called SIS, with James Bond as the most {{egregious}} producer of this inaccuracy. It hasn't been called that since WorldWarTwo, well before Ian Fleming served. The agency now has to use the title in its recruitment advert.

** Contrary to popular belief, Canada ''does'' have its own intelligence agency, called C-SIS (Canadian Special Intelligence Service). As with most Canadian agencies, it doesn't get much publicity. The girl at the end of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' is the only one that comes to mind.

* ''{{Checkmate}}'' in the DC Universe is part of the greater Department of Metahuman Affairs and has a chess motif.

* ''LaFemmeNikita'' was characterized around an organization known as Section One.

* In the later Literature/HonorHarrington books, [[ThoseTwoGuys Victor Cachat and Anton Zilwicki]] fill this role, ostensibly on behalf of the Kingdom of Torch. This is somewhat complicated by the fact that officially, Victor Cachat is an agent of the Republic of Haven, and Anton Zilwicki is an agent of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, two nations which are actually at war with each other [[spoiler: Until ''Mission of Honor'']]. They tend to team up to go after their nations' [[EnemyMine mutual enemies]], primarily the Mesan Alignment.

* Averted in Chuck where he worked for the CIA and NSA. Played straight with his increasingly bizarre enemies.

* ''{{SHIELD}}'' is a fictional agency employed by the United Nations (and formerly, the US government) to fight terrorists.

* Section 31, the Tal-Shiar and the Obsidian Order are the cloak and dagger organizations of the Federation, Romulans and Cardassians. One episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', however, shows Bashir and Garak (The first is british, the second is an actual spy) stuck in a James Bond style holo-program. When Bashir says that he is under cover as a rich playboy, Garrak says that he joined the wrong intelligence agency. Mostly played straight otherwise, though Section 31 serves more to raise the question of whether it is okay to betray your principles in order to preserve it than anything else.

* The SPECTRE of Film/JamesBond had a short run in the Ian Fleming novels and was Bond's full-time archenemy in the movies for a while. Effectively, it is the first known example of a Rogue Intelligence agency devoted to its own profit.

* TrueLies had "The Omega Sector" which seemed to be directly inspired by SHIELD up to the point of having Charlton Heston appear in an eye-patch.

** Also, the [[RecycledInSPACE S.W.O.R.D.]] and now, (the) H.A.M.M.E.R.