Morgan Lansdale was the founder and Commissioner of the FBC (Federal Bioterrorism Commission). He had absolute authority and his attitude towards problems could be perceived as overbearing and firm, but there was no one in the FBC who could oppose him. He was known for his intelligence and strong will and leadership ability. He was extremely meticulous and would worry over the smallest potential problems, an attribute which led him to plan things to the minutest detail. His cold-heartedness and silver hair earned him the nickname "Silver Fox."
History
At some point, Lansdale joined the U.S. Army and became engaged in foreign epsionage over many years, eventually rising to the rank of General. After retiring from the military, he became an advisor to the Federation of Pharmaceutical Companies.
In 2001, Lansdale rode a wave of public opinion and appealed to Congress for stronger measures to combat the increasing risk of bioterrorism and the jurisdiction expansion of a specialized agency to take charge of countermeasures. In response, Congress passed the National Biological Defense Act and established the FBC (Federal Bioterrorism Commission). Lansdale was elected as FBC Commissioner and National Biological Defense Community Director by the National Security Council. Firmly rooted in these posts, he became a major player in international public health and biological defense.
At the request of TRICELL, Lansdale supplied three cruise ships seized from a bankrupt Umbrella Corporation subsidiary to a research team for the purposes of studying The Abyss virus and developing a weaponized version of it, named the t-Abyss virus. However, Lansdale's motives deviated from those of TRICELL and he plotted to use t-Abyss for himself in order to cause a man-made pandemic which would fully display the threat of bioterrorism to the world and give the research team enough data to develop a vaccine, believing his motives to be noble.
Terragrigia Panic (2004)
In 2004, Lansdale came into contact with Jack Norman, leader of an Italian terrorist group named "Il Veltro" and suggested they attack the marine city of Terragrigia. He supplied them with eight samples of t-Abyss, a UAV to disperse it, many Hunter B.O.W.s and the use of the Queen Zenobia and its two sister ships as bases of operations. The reason behind his suggestion to attack Terragrigia was because according to the conditions stipulated in the treaty outlining the city's governance, both the U.S. and Europe had equal authority during a terrorist attack, but only "during the event of bioterrorism" did the FBC assume a leadership role that would allow Lansdale to have full control over the the incident. The attack was carried out, and the FBC took complete control.
Lansdale announced that EU involvement would not be tolerated, but European authorities pressed him to respect their rights in the matter and convinced him to allow Clive R. O'Brian of the BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) to support the FBC. Despite this, Lansdale ignored the BSAA. Lansdale used the opportunity to gather data on the spread and mutation of t-Abyss and after three weeks, he pressed for the use of the city's "Regia Solis" solar satellite matrix to scorch the city and wipe out the virus and infected organisms.
Before the FBC's evacuation, Lansdale ensured that t-Abyss was leaked on the Queen Zenobia and its sister ships in order to wipe out Veltro. He was threatened by Jack Norman about the release of recordings of his interactions with Veltro, but the sinking of the Queen Dido Norman was on buried this possibility. He then sent the t-Abyss research team to the Queen Zenobia in order to observe the virus in a controlled environment and develop the vaccine, then publicly announced that the FBC had successfully disbanded Veltro with a mop-up operation on their hideout.
Following the incident, Lansdale ordered Jessica Sherawat to transfer to the BSAA and act as a mole.
Queen Zenobia Incident (2005)
In 2005, the t-Abyss research team successfully developed the t-Abyss vaccine. When Lansdale was informed, he showed uncharacteristic felicity and as soon as the research data was sent to him, he locked the doors to the Queen Zenobia's laboratory and awakened the B.O.W.s from their stasis to murder the research team and erase the last possible source that could link him to the Terragrigia Panic.
At some point, Lansdale became aware that Clive R. O'Brian and FBC agent Raymond Vester had begun investigating him. Shortly thereafter, strange mutated corpses began to wash up on the shore of a coastal town close to Terragrigia. Knowing the source was the sunken Queen Dido, Lansdale sealed off the area sent an FBC team to the sunken ship in order to seize the evidence held by Jack Norman, but the team was killed.
Soon after, information was leaked with sufficient reason to suspect the involvement of Veltro, and the location of their new hideout. Startled, Lansdale used Sherawat to ascertain the hideout's location of the hideout and immediately sent B.O.W.s to the area as part of a cleanup measure. He ordered the use of the Regia Solis to destroy the Queen Zenobia and Queen Semiramis, and also ordered Sherawat to activate their self-destruct systems in the event of failure.
He appeared before Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine via monitor in the Queen Zenobia's laboratory and attempted to kill them by releasing more B.O.W.s. When this failed, he left their fates to Sherawat's activation of the ship's self-destruct system. He then ordered the FBC to raid the BSAA Headquarters and arrested O'Brian on suspicion of collaborating with Veltro. Soon after, the evidence held by Norman was broadcast by Redfield and Valentine, exposing the truth behind Terragrigia and Lansdale's involvement.
Lansdale claimed he did it all for the "greater good" and was arrested by O'Brian and taken away by his own agents. Meanwhile, TRICELL cut ties with him.