Felix Leiter

Felix Leiter is a senior operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Leiter was born and raised in Austin, Texas. His German-American father Jared Leiter was a private investigator and former Marine, while his African-American mother Martha Harrison-Leiter was a elementary school teacher. After high school, Felix began attending Texas A&M University. He graduated from Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps via the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. While at Texas A&M, Felix decided to become a ground intelligence officer. After The Basic School, he went on to the Infantry Officer Course. He then attended the Ground Intelligence Officer Basic Course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Felix was then assigned as a scout sniper platoon commander to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Marines within the 1st Marine Division. He later attended the Basic Reconnaissance Course. Afterwards, he was assigned as a reconnaissance platoon commander to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion. Eventually, Felix attended the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Intelligence Officer Course at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center. Upon completing the course, he was reassigned to 3rd Battalion 1st Marines as the battalion intelligence officer. He was later assigned to the 1st Intelligence Battalion as the battalion's assistant operations officer.

With numerous commendations, Felix left the Marine Corps after eight years of service and was hired soon after by a private security firm as a part-time close protection officer while he simultaneously sought employment with the Central Intelligence Agency. Before Felix could join the Agency, he had to go through background checks, take the entrance exam, and go through a series of assessments including psychometric, numerical reasoning, psychological, psychoanalytical, aptitude, and a polygraph test. Upon passing the entrance and psychological examinations, he was accepted as a "Career Trainee." Felix then quit his job at the private security firm. After an orientation period, he was sent to the CIA Special Training Center - "The Farm," Camp Peary for intensive operational training. There, he went through the Basic Operations Course, which trained him in so-called "operational intelligence" or "tradecraft" skills. Because of his military experience, Felix excelled through training.

After training, he was given official cover status; that is Felix is an operations officer with an innocuous government cover that gives him diplomatic immunity if ever caught in an act of espionage. His cover is that of a political officer with the United States Foreign Service. His first assignment was at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. His duties there included: recruiting foreign agents and interrogating captured enemy agents, interdiction efforts with cocaine trafficking between Colombia and the United States, and four days of black ops reconnaissance in Venezuela, penetrating military compounds. He was later assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Although based nominally in Paris, his duties took him to the United Kingdom, Morocco, Algeria, Serbia, Turkey, Somalia, Russia and Montenegro. His work in Montenegro was special assigned to capture a terrorist-affiliated banker. Afterwards, Felix was reassigned to Colombia and was eventually promoted to Section Chief of South America. Since then, his exemplary work has proven him to be one of the most extraordinary officers in the CIA's employ.