Who are the genetically enhanced friends Sloan is referring to?

Question

In the episode Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges, Sloan says the following:

BASHIR: I'm incapable of making a diagnosis by simply looking at a man.

SLOAN: Your genetically enhanced friends determined that Gul Damar killed a woman just by watching him give a political speech. I'm sure you can do better than that.

Who are the "genetically enhanced friends" Sloan is talking about? Are they the people Bashir meets in Statistical Probabilities?

Does this mean they were working for S31 or was Sloan manipulating them like he did Bashir?

Answer 1

Yes, he's referring to Jack, Lauren, Patrick and Sarina, who during the course of the episode Statistical Probabilities determined that Gul Damar had murdered someone close to him.

JACK: Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more! Damar does murder sleep!

PATRICK: He's killed someone.

LAUREN: Someone close to him.

_{ST:DS9 - Statistical Probabilities}

There does not seem to be any implication that they were working directly for Sloan or Section 31, he was simply referencing the events of the earlier episode.