Just as the doctor is preparing to go to a medical conference the senior staff are all called to ops and told that one of them is suspected of leaking information to the Dominion; until the culprit is found they are all to be confined to their quarters
and the doctor isn't going to his conference. When Sloan, director of internal affairs interviews him the questions seem fairly innocuous but when Chief O'Brien contacts him it becomes clear that Sloan is very interested in the doctor; could it be that he is suspected? After a second interview he is accused of treason and the way he is treated shows some people in the Federation don't believe that a person is innocent until proved guilty. Briefly it even looked as though he may have been guilty when he appears to be beamed off the station by the Dominion only to be recaptured by the Defiant. Something isn't quite right though and he soon realises he is in fact in the holosuite and Sloan has been testing him the whole time.
This was a good episode that introduces Sloan and the sinister Section Thirty One. Early on I was unsure what they really wanted with the doctor or why they were acting in a way one wouldn't normally expect from the usually overly perfect Federation. William Sadler puts in a good performance as the sinister Sloan and regular cast member Alexander Siddig was great as Dr. Bashir.
This was a good episode that introduces Sloan and the sinister Section Thirty One. Early on I was unsure what they really wanted with the doctor or why they were acting in a way one wouldn't normally expect from the usually overly perfect Federation. William Sadler puts in a good performance as the sinister Sloan and regular cast member Alexander Siddig was great as Dr. Bashir.