Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4913740-20130628164607/@comment-4913740-20130722111955

The organisation known as The Patriots basically has nothing to do with the Philosophers, apart from being a similar group (in control of society from behind closed doors). The Patriots are what Zero forms.

And the Philosophers themselves are confusing. There's the Wisemen's Committee, who formed the Philosophers and by MGS3, the original Wisemen's Committee is dead, but the Philosophers are an organisation made up of the three superpowers in the world: USA, USSR and China. I think Paz is not a triple agent, she only double-crosses MSF for Cipher, AKA The Patriots, who are formed by the time of Peace Walker.

As for Camp Omega, Cipher has a lot of influence by the time of The Phantom Pain. So there's no guarantee that they can't arrange for XOF to visit Camp Omega.