The Suicide Squad is a team of super-villains assembled by the government to go on dangerous missions. The team is assembled from prisoners, and they are offered reduced prison time for their federal service. Using super-villains allows the government to completely deny their involvement, as they can call any Suicide Squad mission a "random super-villain attack." The program's leader is Amanda Waller, a tough government employee willing to treat any member of the Squad as expendable if they disobey her orders.