Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-201.103.66.27-20130329192012/@comment-1672596-20140715112845

"4, The patriots never changed name, i think the person Zero changed codename to Cipher, like Snake done many times too."

Actually, Paz, when questioned about where she was taking ZEKE and answering that it was to Cipher, also addressed them as "our leaders," which implies that Cipher was also the name of the Patriot organization in addition to the codename for Zero.