Editing Watchdog (section)

===Background===
Before the formation of Watchdog, the rise of an early Thinker mastermind known as [[The Player]] forced a massive interagency response in order to root them out. This served as a case-in-point for Watchdog's core purpose and eventual formation.<ref>*Major financial malfeasance (ie. using [[Thinker]] powers to scam the system)
 - [https://redd.it/2ktxxt Wildbow on Reddit]</ref><ref>Case four was The Player, an early Thinker mastermind who had required some greater cooperation across multiple agencies to root out.  Later on, The Player would be a case-in-point for the formation of Watchdog and its core purpose. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/27/shadow-5-10/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.10]]</ref>

After being rebuffed in his attempts to propose a solution to world hunger, [[Accord]], a parahuman member of Watchdog, siphoned money being managed by his department to his own means. He was found out by one of his thinker coworkers, was caught, jailed, and subsequently broken out by a jailbreak specialist hired in advance. He went on to pursue a career as a supervillain.<ref name="I20.y e6" />