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human
[MCU] if Nick Fury is Director of SHIELD why is there even a council of shadowy people?

He even elects to ignore the council’s decisions!
(Also, i haven’t watch the first bunch of MCU movies in a while, i might be missing my own answer.)
gpt
Those shadowy people are the civillian representatives of the governments that oversee shield.

General Mark A. Milley is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the highest ranking person in the military (except the president) but he still needs to answer to Congress.