During the time that SHAFT Agent Val Cooper was working for the National Security Agency, her brother Dale disappeared on assignment in Washington State. A Special Agent for the FBI, Dale Cooper had been investigating a set of serial killings in and around the town of Twin Peaks.

Val never saw her brother again. All inquiries through official channels in the FBI and NSA were rebuffed. The federal government's official denials convinced her that Dale was the victim of a cover-up.

After joining SHAFT, Val enlisted the aid of her fellow agents to investigate her brother's disappearance. The investigation not only shed new light on the fate of Special Agent Dale Cooper (seen below in an undated FBI photo), but also uncovered further evidence of the global conspiracy that threatens the lives of every man, woman, and child on Earth...

FBI Agent Phillip Jeffries had also disappeared years earlier and was presumed dead until Agent Cooper connected him to the bizarre conspiracy surrounding the deaths of the teenage girls.

Agent Cooper became convinced there was no simple, rational explanation behind the murders, and that an otherworldly -- perhaps demonic -- force was at work.

What linked the killings, he claimed, was that the murderers were possessed by a paranormal entity named "Bob" when they claimed their victims.

Agent Mulder's stay in Twin Peaks was brief, and he was long departed by the time of Cooper's disappearance.

Residents of Twin Peaks are reluctant to discuss any aspects of the Laura Palmer case, particularly the disappearance of Agent Cooper. However, it is clear that before he vanished, Dale Cooper's behavior became increasingly erratic, and he was apparently prone to psychotic episodes.

Although the FBI maintains that Agent Cooper went missing while on assignment in Twin Peaks, SHAFT Agents have uncovered evidence that he was picked up by the FBI and held for psychiatric observation.

Years later, Agent Mulder, still working on the X-Files, sought out Frank Black to get information on the Millennium Group. With his help, Agents Mulder and Scully were able to prevent an apocalyptic Y2K plot that was being carried out by the last surviving members of the Group.

For information on this ancient occult order, agents Mulder and Scully conferred with British archaeologist Lara Croft, whose late father, Lord Croft, had served as mentor to the head of the Illuminati.

Lara Croft had previously butted heads with the Illuminati over possession of some ancient artifacts (see below) that they needed in order to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment.

IV. Super Soldiers Squared

Rummaging through Mulder's files, SHAFT Agents also discovered evidence of another Super Soldier Program.

While the public was made aware of SHIELD's original Super Soldier Program, in which SHIELD scientists Henry Pym and Bruce Banner attempted to recreate the World War II-era serum that produced Captain America, this second program was covert.

Spawned by the Syndicate as part of the Alien Agenda, this program created Super Soldiers using extraterrestrial science and technology. Syndicate members likely justified the budget for the program by citing SHIELD's lack of success in creating a new Super Soldier Serum. 

The US military no doubt felt that they got their money's worth, based on the information contained in classified documents detailing the covert Super Soldiers' exploits in the first Gulf War.

Agent Mulder, having spent the better part of a year in hiding from these Super Soldiers, considered them a serious threat to humanity.

If Banner Labs can perfect the Super Soldier Serum for the SHAFT Agency, the war to decide whether humans or aliens will control the Earth may someday be fought between different breeds of Super Soldier.

How does one account for such atrocities?

For now, only the Illuminati know for sure.