Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-79.52.61.188-20130415085048/@comment-1672596-20130709150618

174.89.65.119 wrote: i would like to point out that zero was never part of foxhound he was only the commander for fox, its most likely that somone in foxhound command pulled some strings and had big boss join foxhound, also cipher was not in full control of either the US or UN so i could have fallen through the cracks From what was stated in both Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes, Cipher did have a large degree of control over the DIA, NSA, NRO, and CSS, certainly enough for Paz to brag about it, and they at least were crafty enough to manipulate both the CIA and the KGB. There's also the strong implication that Cipher was responsible for the UN's nuclear investigation of Mother Base, so they at least have enough control over the UN to ensure that. If we buy Ishmael's claims or XOF apparently being on the Soviets side, they may even have some control over the USSR and other national militaries.

And while Zero was never directly part of FOXHOUND, he certainly was in control of it via Dr. Clark, who WAS a member of FOXHOUND.