Not really? In The Untouchables, the major concern in establishing the squad is corruption in the force, so they pick out a rookie untouched by Capone who they can work with.

Here, they're picking out a bunch of superhumans unconnected to the Registration Act, and who could easily be informed/swayed to the government perspective. The only way it fails is the general calling them 'the tree'.. Which, no - they're a bunch of good apples.