24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m. (2007)

Powers Boothe: Vice President Noah Daniels

Quotes 

• Karen Hayes : [while in the Oval Office]  CTU is pouring all their resources into finding Cheng and this Executive Order gives them the authority to close all ports and border crossings

  Vice President Noah Daniels : We can't stop migrant workers from crossing our borders: how the hell are we suppose to stop a determined agent?

  Karen Hayes : Well, I think the point is to slow him down Sir so CTU has more time to find him but I agree Cheng will find a way to smuggle out the Russian component "eventually"

  Vice President Noah Daniels : So, then Russia loses its defense to the Chinese, and Moscow blames us?

  Karen Hayes : We will do everything in our power to do that Sir

  Karen Hayes : [after he signs the Executive Order]  thank you

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Tom told me about you and Bill: how you had to fire him from CTU, how'd he take it?

  Karen Hayes : Not well

  Vice President Noah Daniels : You and I have had our "difficulties" in the past but I want you to know I value your role here and that I appreciate your "sacrifice"

  Karen Hayes : Thank you

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [after Tom knocks and enters the room]  what is it?

  Tom Lennox : The Russian President is calling for you in the teleconference suite: his insisting on a face to face

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Confused]  did he say what he wants?

  Tom Lennox : No, but his on with the heads of military and intelligence services

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [to Karen, referring to her and Tom]  I want both you with me on this

• Vice President Noah Daniels : [Through video conference after greeting each other and introducing Karen and Tom]  how can we help you?

  President Yuri Suvarov : Some very troubling news has been brought to my attention

  Vice President Noah Daniels : What would that be?

  President Yuri Suvarov : The nuclear weapon that fell into terrorist's hands contain proprietary Russian technology that up until now has only been available to only your government and mine

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I'm well aware of that sir

  President Yuri Suvarov : Then you are also "well aware" that an F-B sub circuit board from one of the weapons is now in possession of an agent of the Chinese government: do you deny that sir?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Nervously]  all I'm prepared to tell you is that we're in control of the situation

  President Yuri Suvarov : My Generals have confirmed that this component contains information that will "compromise" our defensive capabilities: you must stop the Chinese agent from leaving your country with it

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I don't appreciate being "dictated" to. I don't need to remind you that it was Russian General who allowed those nukes to enter the US in the first place. The same Russian General who "conspired" to detonate them

  President Yuri Suvarov : That does not change our "concerns" about this new "development." If you do not intercept this component, my Generals have been instructed to initiate an "appropriate" response

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Mr. President...

  President Yuri Suvarov : [Interrupts him by ending the conference]  good night sir

• Tom Lennox : [while looking at his report]  I think I've identified the "leak" sir

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Is here or CTU?

  Tom Lennox : Very much here sir, I had NSA run a "data sort" on all White House phone calls and emails over the last two and a half hours: that's when we "found out" the sub circuit board was in "play"

  Vice President Noah Daniels : And?

  Tom Lennox : During the same timeframe, one of "our" staffers, called a lobbyist: Mark Bishop three times. Now CIA "flagged" this Bishop two years ago as having "possible to likely" contact with Russian intelligence agents. No further investigation was done, due to "lack of resources"

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Which staffer are we talking about here?

  Tom Lennox : Lisa Miller, sir

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I find it hard to believe she's "working" for the Russians

  Tom Lennox : I don't think she did so "knowingly," she wouldn't have called Bishop from her phone

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I don't understand how this man is getting information from her

  Tom Lennox : Well, so far we have found credit cards records that show Ms. Miller and Bishop staying at the same hotels, on the same nights, several times over the past year, and I think if we "dig" a little deeper, we'll find more evidence that these two are sleeping together

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Then we have a "bigger problem" than you think

  Tom Lennox : Why's that sir?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Because I'm sleeping with her too: she started working for me two years after my wife Nancy died. I didn't think I'd feel that way for another woman again but Lisa and I became "close" in the last year. We were working late one night, you understand how these "things" happen, what a fool I've been. What the hell do I do?

  Tom Lennox : You know actually sir, handled "correctly", we may be able to turn this situation over to our advantage

• Lisa Miller : What's going on? Why is Tom talking to the Joint Chiefs?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Because the Russians know the Chinese has the component

  Lisa Miller : How did that happen?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Someone inside the Beltway's been selling them information: someone with "access." A man named Mark Bishop, do you know him?

  Lisa Miller : I believe his a lobbyist. Are you sure it's Bishop?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Yes, we began "monitoring" his phone calls as soon as this came to our attention: ten minutes ago he called a known Russian intelligence agency from his cell phone

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [after playing a recording for her of Bishop and his Russian contact]  how well do you know this Bishop?

  Lisa Miller : His an " acquaintance" . He consulted on a paper last year on defense spending

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Damn it, don't insult me anymore than you already have. Bishop's been passing intelligence to the Russians that he got from you. I don't know if he read your emails or you talked about it in bed but the Russians know about the component and threatening military action against us if we don't get it back from the Chinese. I always knew you were a good liar, I just didn't think you could lie to me, I guess I thought too highly of myself

  Lisa Miller : I swear to you I didn't know

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Sternly]  it's still treason, which I don't need to remind you is a capital offense: you didn't just betray me, you betrayed your country

  Lisa Miller : What'd you want from me?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : You're going to go back to your "boyfriend", you're going to make him "believe" that we have the component back

  Lisa Miller : I can't do that

  Vice President Noah Daniels : You "can" and you will do exactly what Tom Lennox tells you what to do. Don't even think about trying to expose our "relationship." If you go "there", I'll have you declared an enemy combatant, put you solitary, it'll be years before you speak to anybody about anything