Jason Shaw

Jason Shaw is a former veteran of the United States Army and the CEO of Verax. He is portrayed by Chance Kelly.

Character Biography
Jason Shaw joined the US Military, serving several years as a Green Beret and a Delta for an unknown amount of years. Following his retirement from his service, Shaw aquired the position of the CEO of Verax, a private military contract group. Over many years, Verax managed to corrupt all directorates of the State Department, exerted influence over votes in Congress, obtained ownership of an espionage agency known as Ensign and the Arcadia Policy Group.

Operation Raining Fire
During the Iraq War in 2004, Shaw and his men were stationed in Basra, and oversaw an oil rig. Shaw and his men came to realize that American soldiers were delivering billions of U.S. dollars to Iraq to pay off enemy combatants working for Saddam Hussein. However, Verax decided to repurpose those funds, knowing that the billions of US dollars would fund the insurgency, and hijacked the trucks. Shaw killed the soldiers before stealing the money. John Cameron, an MI6 operative working undercover for Verax, was later caught taking surveillance of the stolen money. As a response, Verax beat the truth out of him until he revealed that he was working for MI6, and Shaw decided to temporarily incarcerate him in a cell.

Some time later, Shaw and his subordinates uncovered Saddam's elusive WMD in an abandoned village in Basra. Planning to sell the weapons presumably to arms dealers, Verax began to scrub their base. However, Cameron, who escaped with the assistance of another Verax operative named Dennis Evans, later ordered an air strike in an attempt to destroy the WMD and weapons. Shaw later located Cameron and shot him in the shoulder. Before he could execute the double agent, the air strike suddenly forced Cameron down the hill, preventing Shaw from having a clean shot on his target. The incident became known as Operation Raining Fire, which resulted in the deaths of many Verax operatives. Although Cameron and Shaw survived, Shaw's lungs was severely damaged and Cameron suffered from massive brain injury and memory loss.

Losing John Cameron
Having returned to the United States presumably after his surgery, Shaw, who later discovered Cameron's current location, sent a hitman to kill Cameron at a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. However, the mission failed to the displeasure of Verax as the hitman was killed by a CIA agent named Sonya Odum, who was ordered to extract Cameron out of the country. Cameron, having forgotten everything about his past life, married Sonya and joined the FBI under the alias 'Martin Odum' that he would maintain for the next ten years. The Bureau maintained its efforts to hide Martin from Verax. Nelson Gates, the head of the Division of Covert Operations, a counterterrorism section within the FBI, and Sonya's former handler, and Sonya staged a car accident in February 2004, which received news coverage, to make it appear as if Martin was not involved with Verax during Operation Raining Fire.

Hunting Down Loose Ends
Ten years later, Verax somehow figured out that two former agents of the company who served in the Iraq War were still alive and hiding. Knowing that these two operatives, Robert McCombs and Dennis Evans, could expose Verax's involvement in Operation Raining Fire, Shaw secretly hired professional assassins to kill the two. After the two were murdered, Odum, who was investigating his past life and military service in Iraq, later discovered the location of another Verax operative who served in Iraq, Kyle Dobson. Posing as 'Len Barlow', Odum kidnapped Dobson, killing his henchmen in the process. After a few hours, Odum brought Dobson to a hospital. However, Odum subdued a couple Verax operatives at the facility and later escaped with Dobson. Seeing that Dobson was more of a liability than an asset, Shaw's subordinate, Conrad Tomlin, immediately sent dozens of assassins to Dobson's location, ordering them to take out both Odum and Dobson. Although Martin killed all of the mercenaries, Dobson was immediately shot and killed by an unknown sniper. Some time later, Raymond Campbell, one of Dobson's henchmen who was arrested by Crystal McGuire and Tony Rice, was later killed by an unknown inmate, presumably under the orders of Verax.

Deal With Prince Fayeen
A couple days later, Verax and Arcadia were confronted by Prince Fayeen, whose cousin, Prince Abboud, was the current leader of Saudi Arabia. Fayeen made a deal with Arcadia, agreeing to grant them control of Saudi oil fields in exchange for the assassination of his cousin. With the help of Saudi agents, Arcadia successfully orchestrated the assassination of Abboud. Hani Jabril, a Saudi women's rights activist, was later prosecuted for the crime.

Odum, who believed that Jabril was not guilty, later wrote an article accusing Prince Fayeen and Arcadia for secretly orchestrating the assassination. As a response, Arcadia had Saudi assassins led by Bashir al Kanezar and Ahmed Hassan kidnap Martin and his family. However, Martin later killed all of his captors and subdued Bashir. During his interrogation, Bashir later revealed that Arcadia was responsible for the assassination and the recent kidnappings, indirectly exposing Verax's involvement in the assassination plot. Bashir was later prosecuted for the crime, despite requesting a plea deal, which was rescinded by a judge.

Some time later, Shaw met with Conrad Tomlin, who gave Shaw files on Odum's legends. Suddenly remembering that Odum was the one who was responsible for Operation Raining Fire, Shaw later ordered a group of Verax assassins to apprehend Martin. Shaw, who discovered that Martin Odum was John Cameron, later set the FBI up to believe that they were hunting down John Cameron

Some time later, Shaw and Tomlin realized that Bashir was in custody and exposed Arcadia's involvement in the assassination of Prince Abboud. In an attempt to cover their tracks and ensure that Verax would not be indicated as a conspirator in the assassination of Prince Abboud, Shaw summoned the CEO of Arcadia to Shaw's lake house where he went duck-hunting to discuss the recent events. Despite Mr. Porter's assurance that Arcadia and Verax's connection with Prince Fayeen would be suppressed, Shaw murdered the CEO, followed by Tomlin asking him if that was necessary.

Framing Martin Odum
Having discovered that Martin killed all of his operatives, Shaw and Tomlin met again at the hotel. Instead of ordering a professional hit on Martin, Tomlin relayed to Shaw that their prime asset within the FBI, Nicholas Spiller, affirmed that their plan to assassinate the FBI Director Del Bennett continues without any complications. However, Tomlin expressed skepticism and reluctance, believing that planning a domestic assassination was crossing the line. Shaw told Tomlin to move forward with the plan. He later hinted that John Cameron will take care of Odum and Odum will take the fall for the terrorist attack.

Some time later, Shaw disguised his voice and called Martin on a burner phone. Posing as Cameron, Shaw warned Odum that the blood will be on his hands. As he knew that Martin and FBI agents Crystal McGuire and Tony Rice would trace the location of the call, Shaw ordered several operatives to intercept Martin at the motel. Having apprehended Odum, Verax associates took Martin to a secret Verax base. At the base, Shaw finally elaborated on Operation Raining Fire. Verax hijacked American trucks containing U.S. dollars and later killed innocent American soldiers who were delivering the money to pay off the enemy. As Odum was caught taking photos of the stolen money, Verax interrogated him until he revealed that he was working on an undercover MI6 operation. As a response, Verax imprisoned Odum in one of their cells. Some time later, a group of Verax associates led by Shaw obtained Saddam's WMD and other stolen weapons. Because Verax was planning to sell the weapons on the black market, Odum, who was rescued by Dennis Evans, another Verax operative of the Iraq War, ordered an air strike on Verax's base in Basra, Iraq.

After being restrained, Shaw reveals to Odum that the air strike was supposed to take out the enemy. Lastly, Shaw reveals that Odum's legend in Iraq was in fact John Cameron. Unfortunately for Martin, Shaw set Odum and the FBI to believe that they were hunting down a shadow Verax operative named John Cameron, who was actually Martin. Moments later, a sniper assassinates Del Bennet, the Director of the FBI as Shaw and other technicians make a coerced video of Martin/John confessing to assassinating the Director. Shaw renders Odum unconscious before turning his phone on, knowing that the FBI would be lead to their location, before leaving with his crew.