24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2007)

Jayne Atkinson: Karen Hayes

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Quotes 

• Bill Buchanan : [Over the phone]  we have Jack

  Karen Hayes : Good

  Bill Buchanan : I thought I was "prepared", his worse than I expected: much worse

  Karen Hayes : I know how hard this must be for you but everything depends on this operation

  Bill Buchanan : I understand

  Karen Hayes : I know you do. I wish I were there with you

  Bill Buchanan : You're where you need to be

  Karen Hayes : I miss you

  Bill Buchanan : [Before hanging up]  I miss you too, I have to take Jack to the drop point now. Bye

• Karen Hayes : [while in the Oval Office, after a staff member hands her a report]  Mr. President...

  President Wayne Palmer : Another attack?

  Karen Hayes : Los Angeles, a bus

  President Wayne Palmer : How many causalities?

  Karen Hayes : Twenty three so far, including the suicide bomber

  President Wayne Palmer : And we're still certain this man Assad is behind all these attacks right?

  Karen Hayes : Yes Sir, we confirmed he arrived in the United States three days before the first bombing in San Antonio

  Tom Lennox : And let us not forget Assad has been calling for the destruction of the United States for the last twenty years

  Karen Hayes : Mr. President, my analyst believe Assad's organization cannot survive without him and once his dead, these attacks will stop

  Tom Lennox : So this assumes the success of the operation to terminate Assad?

  Blake Simon : CTU estimates the success probability at seventy five percent

  Tom Lennox : [Sarcastically]  oh, I think that's very generous

  President Wayne Palmer : It sounds like your anticipating failure Tom?

  Tom Lennox : I fully acknowledge Sir that this is our only option but I am firmly advocating "contingencies"

  President Wayne Palmer : "Contingencies" are well and good Tom but CTU needs to eliminate Assad: that's all there is to it. God knows we're paying a steep enough price to get him

• Karen Hayes : I just heard a disturbing rumor

  Tom Lennox : What rumor is that?

  Karen Hayes : That your authorizing the National Guard to set up "detention facilities" at convention centers, and sports arenas in Los Angeles, Detroit, and Philadelphia

  Tom Lennox : That's correct

  Karen Hayes : That's against the President's order, I was there when he gave it

  Tom Lennox : I know where you were, I was standing right next to you

  Karen Hayes : To my knowledge, that order hasn't been rescinded

  Tom Lennox : Alright, you're confused, I haven't "implemented" yet. I'm merely "positioning", if the President changes his mind, as I suspect he will, and then we will have wasted less time

  Karen Hayes : I'm not confused, you can use whatever word you like. In plain English, you're second guessing the President

  Tom Lennox : Plain English does not allow for the nuances that my job requires

  Karen Hayes : And just how far are you going to push this? The ACLU has already filed complaints against us that we've given the Bureau too much field authority

  Tom Lennox : And by my estimations, they have not been given nearly enough: we need a wider "net" with tighter mesh

  Karen Hayes : And what happens when innocent people get caught in that "net"?

  Tom Lennox : Well, like I told you before, "security has its price". Just get used to it

• Karen Hayes : [Over the phone]  have you heard from Fayed?

  Bill Buchanan : Not yet, no

  Karen Hayes : The President's worried: Fayed should've contacted us by now

  Bill Buchanan : There may be a problem. There's a possibility Fayed could be going back on the deal

  Karen Hayes : What're you talking about?

  Bill Buchanan : He caught us trying to track Jack

  Karen Hayes : The orders were he was to have a "clear field"

  Bill Buchanan : I know what the orders were. Chloe thought there was a work around, she did it without authorization

  Karen Hayes : [Angrily]  damn it, how could you let this happen? She is your responsibility, if we don't take out Assad...

  Bill Buchanan : [Interrupts her]  I don't need a lecture, I know what the stakes are

  Karen Hayes : I don't think you do. If these attacks don't stop, there are people in this Administration that are willing to tear up the Constitution in the name of National Security. The things they are talking about doing, this country will never recover

  Bill Buchanan : As soon as I hear from Fayed, you'll be my first call

  Karen Hayes : [Realizing she's taking out her stress on him]  I'm sorry

  Bill Buchanan : There's no need to apologize: we're all feeling it

  Karen Hayes : [Before hanging up]  I have to go