Rogue Engineers
Description
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
Rogue Engineers are named as operational facilitators of the black‑market transfers seen in the UAV photos, representing the technical human resources that make the trafficking possible — and thus the object of mutual concern.
Referenced in Bartlet's description of what the UAV was photographing; they are background antagonists in the narrative.
Operate under the radar of formal institutions but possess technical expertise that threatens state security interests.
Their mention reframes the incident as a counter‑proliferation concern rather than pure espionage, justifying some U.S. intelligence activity while complicating diplomacy.
Illicit and diffuse, functioning as ad‑hoc networks tied to opportunity rather than formal process.
Rogue Engineers are mentioned by Bartlet as part of the illicit network moving nuclear materials—character actors in the problem the photos purport to expose. Their existence justifies U.S. surveillance as a common security interest.
Referenced indirectly as perpetrators revealed in imagery; not present in scene.
Non-state actors operating in the shadows; they hold destabilizing influence but are weak compared to state actors.
Their activity is used to morally justify intrusive intelligence gathering and complicates neat state‑centric narratives of threat.
Loose, profit-driven networks without formal hierarchy; opportunistic collaboration with ex-state actors.