Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Information
Location(s)	Australia; Australia
Use(s)	Intelligence agency

The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas.

Overview

ASIS sent its agents on missions all around the world, going as far as the Chinese island of Lian Yu. It provided its agents with specific suits of armor, some of which included a distinct operational equivalent of balaclava, used by ASIS operatives to protect their identities during secret operations.

Known members

Former members

• Wade DeForge (regional head)
• Guggino (Analytics Department head)
• Digger Harkness (deceased)
• Matt Nakauchi (Analytics Department technician)
• Joe Wilson
• ASIS unit
  • Slade Wilson
  • Billy Wintergreen (deceased)

Appearances

Arrow

Season 1 "Betrayal" (mentioned) Season 2 "Suicide Squad" (mentioned) Season 3 "The Brave and the Bold" (mentioned) Season 6 "Deathstroke Returns" (mentioned) "Promises Kept" (flashbacks)

Novels

• Arrow: Vengeance

Behind the scenes

• In Arrow, the organization's abbreviation is spelt out, "Ay-Es-Eye-Es" until Season 6. In real-world Australian media and conversation, it is pronounced as a word, to rhyme with "basis".