Naja, als legale US-Organisation wollte ich aber auch nicht unbedingt jedesmal im Namen der Abtrünnigen auftauchen.

Auf Gateworld gab es dazu jetzt aber eine genauere Aussage von Joe Mallozzi:
They were the N.I.D., then "rogue elements within the N.I.D.," then "former rogue elements of the N.I.D." Eventually, they became completely disassociated from the N.I.D. and we needed a new name for them. Easier said than done, of course, because it turned out every name we thought of had been used on Alias. Eventually, we came up with the Trust -- and it wasn't until weeks later that we learned it, too, had been used on Alias. In the end, it was either stick with the Trust or go with our back-up: The Former Rogue Elements of the N.I.D. Now Working for Private Interests Bent on Global Domination. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Ist ihnen das mit der Parallele zu Alias also doch aufgefallen.