24 (TV Series)
Day 5: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (2006)
James Morrison: Bill Buchanan
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Quotes
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Lynn McGill : What's the situation?
Bill Buchanan : Rossler's dead: shot by his female companion
Lynn McGill : What does that do to our plan?
Bill Buchanan : We intended to use Rossler to lead us to Erwich and the Sentox
Lynn McGill : How?
Bill Buchanan : Rossler was going to Erwich a chip that would enable him to activate the canisters and release the Sentox
Lynn McGill : And put a tracker on the chip?
Bill Buchanan : Yes, and follow Erwich back to the canisters: obviously that plan has to change
Lynn McGill : Has Erwich set a time and place to meet?
Bill Buchanan : No, we've also picked up increased chatter related to the canisters
Lynn McGill : Related, how?
Bill Buchanan : Erwich's been putting out "feelers" to terrorist organizations with sleeper cells established here. His asking for help to launch an attack on larger targets in the country
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Lynn McGill : [Over the speakerphone with Jack patched through] this is Lynn McGill. You also have Bill Buchanan, Audrey Raines, Chloe O'Brian, and Edgar Stiles in the room
President Charles Logan : [Over the speakerphone as Mike Novick stands nearby] go ahead
Lynn McGill : Sir, we're calling for your decision on a critical operational matter
President Charles Logan : What is it?
Lynn McGill : Jack Bauer is currently undercover with some of the terrorists: their expecting Jack to help them release a single canister Sentox nerve gas in the Sunrise Hills Shopping Mall, where they are right now
President Charles Logan : Well then arrest them, what's the problem?
Lynn McGill : Sir, the problem is if we don't maintain Jack's cover, there's no guarantee they'll lead us "back" to the other nineteen canisters
President Charles Logan : [Raising his voice] do you mean actually let them release the Sentox? Are you out of your mind?
Bill Buchanan : This is Bill Buchanan, I had the same initial reaction then I looked at our updated scenarios: with the help of other terrorists organizations, the remaining nineteen canisters can be deployed at other more crowded public areas such as subway stations, hospitals, and sports arenas Sir. The loss of life could exceed hundreds of thousands of people
President Charles Logan : My God
Mike Novick : What kind of casualties are you predicting at the mall?
Lynn McGill : We don't have exact numbers but based on video surveillance, our best guess is between eight and nine hundred
Audrey Raines : Sir, many of them are children
Mike Novick : Can't you evacuate the mall?
Lynn McGill : Not without the terrorists knowing
President Charles Logan : The public will not tolerate the government's complicity in this
Lynn McGill : They wouldn't know Sir, this would be a covert decision. We're monitoring the terrorists, we know with a hundred percent certainty that when they leave the mall, their going back to the remaining canisters
President Charles Logan : What's your recommendation?
Lynn McGill : Bill Buchanan and I agree that the "greatest good served" would be to allowing them to release this single canister of Sentox nerve gas
Audrey Raines : And I believe Sir that we have no right to sanction the lives of innocent people: we should take our chances, interrogate these men and find the location of the other canisters
Lynn McGill : We're running out of time. We need your decision Sir
President Charles Logan : This is a field operation, it's up to you
Bill Buchanan : With all due respect, it's not. We don't have the legal authority to make this decision, only you do
President Charles Logan : [Before putting them on hold to talk privately to Mike] you're putting me in a terrible position, Mike?
Mike Novick : CTU has laid out the facts well, you have to make the call
President Charles Logan : [after reconnecting with CTU] alright, the terrorists are forcing us to make a tragic choice. I'll go along with your assessment, let them release the Sentox but you better find those other canisters or those people would've died in vain
