24 (TV Series)

Day 5: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (2006)

Gregory Itzin: President Charles Logan

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Quotes 

• President Charles Logan : [after he enters the room]  what is it now?

  Mike Novick : I'm sorry Sir but there's a call you need to take: it just came in on this

  President Charles Logan : And what is that?

  Mike Novick : Walt Cummings' phone Sir. It's been in Secret Service custody, they just brought it to me. The caller's claiming he has the Sentox nerve gas

  President Charles Logan : Is someone tracing the call?

  Mike Novick : They can't, it's being sent through multiple relays

  President Charles Logan : I'm not talking to terrorists, you talk to them, you find out what he wants

  Mike Novick : His demanding to speak to you

  President Charles Logan : [At first reluctantly]  alright, put him on speaker

  President Charles Logan : This is President Logan, is this Erwich?

  Vladimir Bierko : Ivan Erwich is no longer with us. His attack on your shopping mall was unsanctioned and unwarranted: it didn't serve our interests

  President Charles Logan : What is it you want?

  Vladimir Bierko : What I want is to release the Sentox nerve gas on Moscow. Since that is now impossible, I am forced to strike at Russia on foreign soil, with your help

  President Charles Logan : My help?

  Vladimir Bierko : I want the route of Suvarov's motorcade. His entire route to airport, along with a full profile of his security detail

  President Charles Logan : I personally don't have that information

  Vladimir Bierko : Then get it, make no mistake, it's our Russian oppressors I need to hurt, not your people. However you refuse to cooperate, I'll have no choice but to release all the Sentox in areas far more populated than your shopping mall

  President Charles Logan : You just said killing Americans doesn't serve your interests, this would be senseless murder

  Vladimir Bierko : Yes, it would so give me Suvarov's route

  President Charles Logan : I'll need some time

  Vladimir Bierko : You have fifteen minutes

  President Charles Logan : [Before Bierko hangs up]  I'm not sure...

• Martha Logan : Sir, if President Suvarov is killed, if the Russians find out we supplied this information, it will be considered an act of war

  President Charles Logan : The Russian motorcade has a significant security force, I see no reason to believe that the terrorists would even be successful: maybe we should have an analysis done to determine the vulnerable "points" along the route?

  Mike Novick : Sir, we can't do that without giving away we had advance knowledge of the attack

  Martha Logan : [Just entering the room and overhearing their conversation]  what attack?

  President Charles Logan : [Surprised to see her]  it's nothing you need to be concerned about

  Martha Logan : [Sternly to Charles]  you invited me into this circle: what attack?

  President Charles Logan : The terrorists want the Suvarov motorcade route. They've threatened to deploy more Sentox gas if I didn't give it to them

  Martha Logan : You're not seriously considering it are you?

  Mike Novick : [to Martha, while Charles remains silent]  Charles believes an assault on the Suvarov has a good chance...

  Martha Logan : [Interrupts him, annoyed]  will you please let the President speak for himself? May we have a moment?

  President Charles Logan : [after Mike leaves the room]  please, if I don't give them the information they want, tens of thousands of Americans will die on our own soil: maybe hundreds of thousands and I will be responsible

  Martha Logan : Alright, there's got to be another way, change their itinerary, and delay Suvarov from leaving

  President Charles Logan : It's all over the news, the Russians are leaving after we make the joint statement. If there's any deviation from that, the terrorists will know that I've alerted them

  Martha Logan : [Covering her face with her hands]  what're you saying? What're you telling me? That we are going to stand in front of the entire world with the Suvarovs, you're going to look at him in the eye, shake his hand, knowing your sending them to their deaths?

  President Charles Logan : If we were in Russia, and Suvarov got this ultimatum, do you think he would spare us?

  Martha Logan : [Raising her voice]  I'm not talking about Russia, I'm not talking about the Suvarovs, and I'm talking about you: the President of the United States, you're talking about murder

  President Charles Logan : My back is against the wall. Give me another solution?

  Martha Logan : [Yells]  stand up to them, refuse to negotiate with them, is that the policy of this country? Isn't that the point of the treaty you just signed?

  President Charles Logan : It's not that simple: it never is