24 (TV Series)
Day 4: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2005)
James Morrison: Bill Buchanan
Quotes
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Bill Buchanan : [Briefing CTU staff] Vice-President Logan has been sworn into Office: he is now President of the United States. His Office called, they want an update from us in fifteen minutes
Michelle Dessler : We're working on several protocols related to the plane crash, what is he going to want to focus on?
Bill Buchanan : His going want to know how a steal fighter was stolen from one of our air bases, more to the point, how it was able to take down Air Force One with one of our own missiles
Michelle Dessler : Has he been briefed on Marwan?
Bill Buchanan : He knows Marwan is the mastermind behind today's attacks: yes but his going to want specifics on the football, where are we on that?
Tony Almeida : Jack's in a debrief field outside Indio. His trying to reconstruct the red chapter of the playbook that was stolen by Marwan
Bill Buchanan : How's he doing that?
Tony Almeida : His working with Fred Lawton from the Department of Defense: he wrote the code, so he'll know what's missing
Bill Buchanan : Good
Michelle Dessler : Who's going to run point on this update?
Bill Buchanan : You and Tony
Michelle Dessler : Alright everyone, we don't a lot of time so we're going to have to fast track this. Double source all Intel through Homeland Security and CIA, skip the usual request procedures, and tie to their data directly
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Bill Buchanan : [after the President ends the conference call] I'll have Curtis start the interrogation with Prado
Jack Bauer : You and I both know we can't afford to be wasting time like this
Bill Buchanan : You heard the President: his not going to let us touch this guy
Jack Bauer : The President's not here, you are
Bill Buchanan : If I authorize this, they'll know in ten minutes and we'll all be out the door
Jack Bauer : What if I can find another way to handle this that wouldn't implicate anyone else but me?
Bill Buchanan : I'm not going to authorize that
Jack Bauer : You don't have to
Bill Buchanan : What'd you mean?
Jack Bauer : Accept my resignation
Bill Buchanan : And if I do that, what then?
Jack Bauer : Release the suspect
Bill Buchanan : Release?
Jack Bauer : We don't question him, we don't charge him, we just let him go: he won't need a lawyer or a Marshall
Bill Buchanan : You're going to take him on as a private citizen?
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Jack Bauer : [Over the phone] are you still in briefing?
Bill Buchanan : Yes, you're on speaker, what've you found?
Jack Bauer : Fred Lawton and I just found a rough reconstruction of the red chapter: we're getting that over to you now
Bill Buchanan : It's Bill Buchanan, summarize our exposure, what information exactly does Marwan now have in his possession?
Jack Bauer : The red chapter lays out the location of our domestic nuclear arsenal. The inventory is in thousands, many of the weapons are in transit as part of our standard shift operations
Audrey Raines : Why can't DOD just secure these weapons?
Bill Buchanan : Because the number of weapons are in-between checkpoints, it would take over an hour to account for all of them. Listen everyone remember Marwan only needs one
Bill Buchanan : Alright, we'll get on this immediately. Get back here as soon as you can and help Audrey liaise with DOD, we need to account for every single weapon documented in that chapter
Bill Buchanan : I'm on my way
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Bill Buchanan : [to Curtis and Michelle] we have a problem: this is David Weiss from Amnesty Global
David Weiss : And I have a signed court order here protecting the rights of one Joseph Prado whom you have in custody. This US Marshall is to assure I'm taken to the prisoner immediately
Curtis Manning : [Looking at the court order] this is ridiculous
David Weiss : That's your opinion
David Weiss : But Mr. Prado's rights will not be violated: take me to him now
Bill Buchanan : [to Curtis] we have no choice, do what he says
Curtis Manning : [to Bill] there's a nuclear warhead missing, this is our only lead
Bill Buchanan : I'll get into this with the Justice Department, in the meantime, do what he says
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President Charles Logan : [Over the speakerphone as Mike Novick stands nearby] what'd you have for me?
Bill Buchanan : I'm here with Michelle Dessler Director of CTU Los Angeles and Tony Almeida, heading up tactical
President Charles Logan : Good, let's get started: have all of our armaments referenced in the red chapter been secured?
Michelle Dessler : Not completely but we're working with DOD on that
President Charles Logan : What else do we know?
Michelle Dessler : The man who choreographed today's events Habib Marwan is still at large. Most likely he is in possession of the red chapter
President Charles Logan : What're we doing to find him?
Tony Almeida : We just picked up a thread Sir, we have a location of where one of Marwan's associates was detected twenty minutes ago
President Charles Logan : That sounds promising, what else?
Michelle Dessler : We're sifting through all of our intel now: we're hoping to put together a pursuit "scenario" soon
President Charles Logan : So you're pretty confident you'll catch this terrorist Habib Marwan before he strikes again?
Michelle Dessler : It's not an exact "science" Sir, all we can do is maximize the probability for success: there are no guarantees
President Charles Logan : [Raises his voice] of course I understand that, we need to get control of the situation. I can't run the government down here indefinitely but I'm not going back up there until its safe
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Bill Buchanan : [as Chloe overhears their conversation] do you have those hourlies for me?
Edgar Stiles : No, I don't but I'm here on another matter
Bill Buchanan : [Confused] you're what?
Edgar Stiles : I heard the interrogation on Prado's been put on hold?
Bill Buchanan : That's correct
Edgar Stiles : Why?
Bill Buchanan : You have a job to do: please get back to it
Edgar Stiles : I know I'm not supposed to be interfering on matters of policy but considering what I've been through today, my mother dying because of these terrorists, I want to know why we're letting some slimy lawyer protect a dirt bag like Prado
Bill Buchanan : We're not happy about it either and we're going to fix it but it's going to take some time
Edgar Stiles : That's time we don't have
Bill Buchanan : [Insistently] stop, I'm trying to cut you some slack here but you need to get back to your job, you need to put all that other stuff on hold for a while, please?
Edgar Stiles : Yes sir
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Jack Bauer : [while in the monitoring room, referring to Weiss] Marwan called him Amnesty Global: this is his play
Bill Buchanan : That means Prado definitely knows something Marwan doesn't want us to hear, we still get around that court order
Jack Bauer : We need to call the President now
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Jack Bauer : What the hell's going on here? You've got a key witness and a missing warhead, we should be pressing this guy with everything we've got
Bill Buchanan : The judge won't budge, if we want to appeal, we have to wait until 7am to take it to an Appellate judge
Jack Bauer : Does he know what the stakes are?
Bill Buchanan : He does but his feeling if Prado has no record, he shouldn't be like a terrorist
Jack Bauer : What about the fact he was caught meeting with a known terrorist in the middle of the night on a pier?
Bill Buchanan : Circumstantial
Jack Bauer : We need to interrogate this prisoner, I don't care what kind of court order their waving at you
Bill Buchanan : I agree but his got his attorney with him and a US Marshall protecting his rights
Jack Bauer : Where is his attorney?
Bill Buchanan : In holding with Prado
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Tony Almeida : [after ending a conference call with the President] wait a second, does anybody else feel "uneasy" about what we just heard here?
Bill Buchanan : In what way?
Tony Almeida : Logan is suppose to be the man who speaks to the country and exudes confidence: not fear
Bill Buchanan : Air Force One was just attacked, President Keeler is in critical condition. Logan was just sworn in, give him time
Tony Almeida : We don't have time
Chloe O'Brian : [after entering the conference room] we've got Yosik a traffic cam picked him up heading to the coast: we have him on satellite
Michelle Dessler : [to Chloe] link this up to Curtis, I want him running point on this takedown
Bill Buchanan : [to Chloe and Michelle] tell Curtis to remain "discreet", I want to know what Khatami is doing and who he is meeting before we take him down
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Bill Buchanan : [During a conference call] Mr. President, this is Bill Buchanan, I'm here with Jack Bauer
President Charles Logan : Yes Bill, what'd you have for me?
Bill Buchanan : Sir, in the process of trying to track down this missing warhead, we brought in a prime suspect for questioning
Mike Novick : What've you learned?
Bill Buchanan : Well, that's the problem Sir, right now our hands are tied: Amnesty Global has interceded on his behalf
President Charles Logan : Interceded on what grounds?
Bill Buchanan : His a US citizen with no previous record
President Charles Logan : Why is he a suspect?
Bill Buchanan : We found him with Yosik Khatami, a man linked to today's terrorist events
President Charles Logan : I don't understand, it doesn't violate any law to question a suspect
Mike Novick : [Asking permission to join their conversation] Mr. President, if I may?
President Charles Logan : [to Mike] go ahead
Mike Novick : [to Jack] am I correct in assuming this suspect is unlikely to respond to the kind of Q and A his lawyer would permit?
Jack Bauer : That's correct: if we want to procure any information from the suspect, we're going to have to do it behind closed doors
President Charles Logan : You're talking about torturing this man?
Jack Bauer : I'm talking about doing what's necessary to stop this warhead from being used against us
President Charles Logan : [to Bill, before Walt presses the hold button] give a moment