Luther Sloan

Luther Sloan was a Human member of Section 31 during the 24th century.

In late-2374, Sloan attempted to recruit Julian Bashir into Section 31 by testing Bashir in a simulation where Bashir was accused of being a spy for the Dominion. In the simulation Sloan took the role of the deputy director of Department of Internal Affairs. 

Sloan was known to use aliases. One of these was Wendell Greer, a mid-level bueracrat in the Federation Department of Cartography. Sloan used this alias twice in 2375. The first instance was to join a first contact mission on the USS Swiftfire (NCC-76125-A) and the second occasion was to attend the Federation-Romulan Conference on Romulus later that year. (: "The Only Thing Necessary"; )

After Section 31 heard that Bashir had apparently cured the morphogenic virus that was killing the Founders, Sloan traveled to Deep Space 9 to destroy the cure. It proved to be a trap and Sloan was captured. To prevent Bashir from getting the information through the use of Romulan mind probes Sloan triggered an implant in his brain to commit suicide. Sloan's actions were fruitless as Bashir was able to keep Sloan alive long enough to enter his mind and retrieve the information before Sloan could die.