Formerly an agent with the N.I.D., Woolsey is a bureucrat who is devoted to the importance of civilian oversight over secret military programs -- especially Stargate Command. According to fellow agent Malcolm Barrett, he is "sharp as they come." Woolsey was assigned to conduct an investigation at the S.G.C. to find out what went wrong on an ill-fated rescue mission to P3X-666, as well as complete his report on the economics of the gate program. In conducting this investigation in the wake of the death of Dr. Janet Fraiser, and because of his ties to Robert Kinsey, he has made enemies on the base. Woolsey has an M.B.A. and L.L.B. from Harvard University. He was the lead council for the Army Corps of Engineers and later sat on the Defense Policy Board. He was asked to resign a year before when it was discovered he had financial ties to a large corporation that had been awarded over $800 million in private sector funds by the Pentagon. He's been with the N.I.D. ever since, and his reports on General George Hammond and the manner in which S.G.C. operations are managed are damning. Woolsey also prepared a memo on the economics of the S.G.C., determining that a Stargate rescue team costs the taxpayers $27 million. He grilled several members of the command, including Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c, threatening to jail them if they did not fully cooperate with his investigation. At the request of Vice President Kinsey, Woolsey brought a complete report on Hammond and the S.G.C. to the attention of the newly-elected United States President, Henry Hayes -- complete with proof that Stargate Command has brought Earth to the verge of destruction on more than one occasion. But he soon realized that Kinsey's hopes were to take command of the S.G.C., even if it meant eliminating the President if he stood in his way. As a patriot, and not a criminal, Agent Woolsey acted against the Vice President and obtained information proving Kinsey's involvement with illegal activities from Hammond. Woolsey took the information straight to President Hayes, hoping that he did the right thing in the end. Soon after, Hayes used the information to pressure Kinsey to resign. Mr. Woolsey later took a watchdog position representing the international committee's interests at Stargate Command under Major General Hank Landry. There he has had more direct exposure to the challenges that the program faces on a regular basis, and the difficulty of making decisions that are in the best interests of Earth. PLAYED BY - Robert Picardo (web site) FIRST APPEARED - Heroes, Part 2
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