User blog:Nightslayer2/Why Didn't Susan Brayden Pardon Oliver?

At some point before May 2016, the unnamed man became President of the United States (The Traveller). During the events of Genesis, the man and his Secretary of Defense put an alert state of DEFCON 2 so as not to cause a panic. The man also contacted A.R.G.U.S. Director Lyla Michaels, concerned that "the fate of the Earth is resting in the hands of an IT girl, a criminal, and two guys in Halloween costumes."

Two years ago, After the death of her predecessor, Vice President Susan was sworn in as President of the United States. After Earth was saved from the Dominators, Susan thanked the coalition of heroes, expressing the world's great debt towards them and that included Oliver. The FBI works for the President, so why didnt' Brayden pardon Team Arrow? During the crossover, Kara informed Susan (off-screen) of agent Smith's attempt to murder Team Arrow, Team Flash and the Legends respectively. Susan subsequently reassigned Smith to Antarctica; as punishment for conducting an unauthorized operation without her consent.

She could have done the same thing to Watson, but she didn't. It makes no sense. A logical explanation would be that there is a huge conspiracy within the federal government. Dante had political people in his pocket such as A.R.G.U.S. Deputy Director Bell and the Princess Noor Harjavti. The Ninth Circle is an international criminal organisation and bank. The board of directors are corrupt executives from varying, multinational corporations, who wear masks to conceal their identity. The lower members are forced to join: they're either kidnapped by the organisation itself, or they enlist the Underground Men. The captives are then given a "rebirth" in lava, burning their skin and somehow brainwashing them into mindless servants. To symbolise their membership, coins of nine circles are inserted in their eyes.What if they did the same thing to Susan Brayden or Susan is just a member of the group which is why the FBI was sent after the Green Arrow? There was also something odd when Watson's boss refused to use resources against Diaz when Watson tried to convince him to. What if Watson's boss is working for Dante like Bell? This would actually explain why the FBI went after Team Arrow in the first place. Or it could have been because of the timeline being alerted causing the events of Invasion to never happen.

At first I thought Susan Brayden was replaced by a different politician with a law and order mindset, but that politician would not be so blind to the world being saved by vigilantes. If the FBI wanted to end vigilantes, why haven't they gone after the Flash? My guess is that the Ninth Circle and Dante were pulling strings with Diaz in season 6. What does everyone else think?