- Tony Almeida: [Addressing the CTU staff] everyone gather around please, it'll just take a minute: George Mason asked in advance to thank you all for your dedication. Thanks to his sacrifice and your hard work, millions of lives were saved and that's a result we can say we're proud of. Now to say this was a long day would be a major understatement, I know you're all tired, this isn't over yet. We still got a lot of work to do, now the Cyprus recording is our primary focus and that's critical to any military response that Washington is considering, so let's get back at it
- Michelle Dessler: [while in the interrogation room after playing the Cyprus recording] this tape was recovered from the hard drive in your apartment: it's a recording of a meeting you had with these three men in Cyprus. Their all high ranking officials from three Arab countries, one of them your own. The tape proves that you conspired with these men to detonate a nuclear bomb on US soil. Whatever you don't tell me you'll tell the interrogators at Guantánamo and in much less comfortable circumstances. So I'll ask you one more time
- Syed Ali: [Interrupts her] tell me what you want me to say and I will say it
- Michelle Dessler: I want the truth
- Syed Ali: What does the truth matter when you have this recording?
- Michelle Dessler: Explain what that means
- Syed Ali: It means I never spoke to these men
- Michelle Dessler: Your denying the meeting took place?
- Syed Ali: There was never a meeting. I was not in Cyprus in April
- Michelle Dessler: Where were you?
- Syed Ali: Berlin
- Michelle Dessler: They'll find out the truth in Guantánamo
- Syed Ali: Why would I lie about this? When I told you the truth about the bomb?
- Michelle Dessler: To protect your country
- Yusuf Auda: I'm suppose to update my office right now: I've got nothing to report because I've been excluded from this operation since I arrived
- Tony Almeida: Look, I'll tell what I can, when I can
- Yusuf Auda: My country permitted your operatives to raid Ali's apartment under the condition that I would be involved in this operation
- Tony Almeida: I understand your frustration and you can call your office and tell them anything you'd like. Now we've got work to do and you're simply not authorized to be a part of it
- Tony Almeida: [after walking into the conference room] Agent Gibson, I take it your team is finished with the analyses of the Cyprus recording?
- Agent Gibson: Yes sir
- Tony Almeida: Could you walk us through it please?
- Agent Gibson: We began with taking voice samples from Syed Ali and the three government officials on the recording. We deconstructed the sound waves and isolated unique qualities that are vocally equivalent to fingerprints. Our studies indicate the voices on the Cyprus audio are in fact Syed Ali and the three government Ministers in question
- Tony Almeida: Now, this recording could've been created by putting different conversations together right?
- Agent Gibson: Yes, but reconstruction always leaves "artifacts", mismatched acoustical signatures or altered cadences, we found no such "artifacts."
- Tony Almeida: Is there any chance that this recording could've been doctored in a way that we couldn't detect?
- Agent Gibson: Of course anything is theoretically possible but I can say with absolutely certainty that the finest experts using the very best equipment available did not find any evidence that this recording is anything but a genuine and accurate record of an actual conversation
- Tony Almeida: A conversation with these four men that sat in the same room and conspired to detonate a nuclear bomb on US soil?
- Agent Gibson: Yes sir
- Michelle Dessler: [after entering the room and sitting down] I just finished talking with Ali. He "claims" his never spoken to any of the men in the recording. He says it's a complete fabrication and that he was in Berlin on April 5th, not Cyprus. He could be telling the truth
- Tony Almeida: He still thinks we killed one of his sons. His trying to save the rest of his family by denying that his country is one of the three behind the nuke
- Michelle Dessler: I agree he has a clear motive to lie but if there's any possibility that his telling the truth, I think we need to investigate
- Carrie Turner: But he's not. I mean it's obvious
- Michelle Dessler: It's not obvious to me
- Carrie Turner: In a contest between the physical evidence and the word of an attempted mass murderer it's clear which side wins. And no offense but your experience as an interrogator is limited
- Tony Almeida: [to Carrie] alright that's enough
- Michelle Dessler: [Raises her voice to Carrie] I sat three feet away from the man and I believe that he is a broken man without the strength or resolve to lie
- Mike Novick: CTU managed to detonate the bomb within a few meters of the designated coordinates
- President David Palmer: I'm going over the field report now: I'm not seeing any casualty estimates
- Mike Novick: We expect zero direct casualties or close to it
- President David Palmer: I'm going to give Jack Bauer's daughter my personal condolences
- Mike Novick: You won't have to Sir
- Mike Novick: Bauer wasn't on the plane the time the bomb was detonated
- President David Palmer: [Confused] do we know how this happened?
- Mike Novick: Apparently another man ended up piloting the plane. We're still getting the details
- Lynne Kresge: [after entering his office] Sir, we just got word from CTU, they finished their analysis on the Cyprus audio. It's real and we have proof that Syed Ali, the man behind the bomb, was given direct support from the Ministers from the three different countries. Here's the transcript of their analysis, including margins of error
- President David Palmer: Do we have any reason to doubt the veracity of this recording?
- Lynne Kresge: Ali's denying it but I suppose that's to be expected
- President David Palmer: Are the Joint Chiefs ready?
- Lynne Kresge: General Bowden has them standing by
- President David Palmer: Given the evidence we do not have option of not responding. I don't see any way around this, do you? I want to issue a statement that there was a nuclear weapon but there were no causalities
- Lynne Kresge: I will alert the network Sir
- President David Palmer: [to Lynn, with Mike Novick present] contact the Hill: let them know I'll be calling for an emergency session of Congress. During which I'll be asking for a formal declaration of war
- Tony Almeida: Chappelle wants to see your report before you send it to the Pentagon
- Michelle Dessler: I'm ordering more data points. I'll need another fifteen minutes
- Tony Almeida: [Noticing she seems agitated] fine. You alright?
- Michelle Dessler: Yeah, I'm just a little tired like everyone else
- Tony Almeida: No, I mean about before. I know it got tense between you and Carrie
- Michelle Dessler: I can handle Carrie
- Tony Almeida: The truth is you don't have the training or the experience to read a guy like Ali. Now that's my fault, I shouldn't have put you in that position
- Michelle Dessler: It doesn't mean we shouldn't press him harder
- Tony Almeida: They'll take care of that at Guantánamo
- Michelle Dessler: It may be too late
- Tony Almeida: We're sending him now. I'm handing him over now to make sure it goes as planned
- Michelle Dessler: [Before walking away] ok
- President David Palmer: My understanding is it will take between eight and ten weeks to call up reserve troops and redeploy forces for a full scale ground assault in the region
- General Bowden: Yes Sir, we have the resources in place to initiate a "rolling start" immediately
- President David Palmer: "Rolling start"?
- General Bowden: Surgical strikes, against early warning radar, and anti aircraft installation followed immediately by precision bombing of targets that will severely degrade their military and telecommunications capabilities
- President David Palmer: And theses first strikes will be underway by the time I address the nation this morning?
- General Bowden: When are you scheduled to go on the air Sir?
- President David Palmer: Six hours from now
- General Bowden: We'll be ready Sir
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: [Over the phone] thank for taking my call Mr. President, the Prime Minister wants to express his outrage and horror for what has occurred
- President David Palmer: Thank you
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: That you found the bomb in time is truly a miracle
- President David Palmer: I'm not sure I believe in "miracles" Sir. My people are very good at what they do
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: Yes indeed they are
- President David Palmer: I'm sure you're aware that we've arrested one of your citizens with connection to the bomb: Syed Ali
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: An outlaw, his eluded us for years. Expect our full cooperation for his prosecution and punishment
- President David Palmer: I'd expect nothing less
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: I realize that we've had our differences and today have been an especially trying day but we are both fighting the same battle. My government remains dedicated to the destruction of Second Wave as well as any other terrorist organization that "may" have been responsible for this atrocity
- President David Palmer: That's good to know
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: Mr. President, I understand you will be under a great deal of political pressure to respond to what has happened. I am confident that you'll have the strength to resist that pressure
- President David Palmer: If you're concerned about a "rush to judgment", you needn't be. We're merely gathering evidence
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: I appreciate your candor Mr. President
- President David Palmer: And I appreciate your solidarity Deputy Prime Minister
- Deputy Prime Minister Barghouti: Of course
- President David Palmer: You'll hear from me soon
- Michelle Dessler: I'm glad you're ok
- Jack Bauer: Thanks
- Michelle Dessler: Look, I know Tony's running things and I don't want to speak out of turn but I don't know who else to talk to
- Jack Bauer: About what?
- Michelle Dessler: I think the President is planning a major military action based on a recording that was found in Ali's apartment: it links high ranking officials from three governments to the nuke. The problem is Ali claims it's a fake
- Jack Bauer: And you believe him?
- Michelle Dessler: I don't know what to believe. I just think we ought to be sure before we retaliate against these countries
- Jack Bauer: Well, that's Tony's call. I'm sorry. I'm trying to get a hold of my daughter
- Michelle Dessler: I understand that but you're the one that broke Ali, you can read him better than anyone here or at Guantanamo. Please, before Ali's gone. His the only one that could prove this recording is real
- Jack Bauer: Fine. I'll take to him. Do me favor, call this Sergeant Griggs tell him it's concerning my daughter
- Jack Bauer: [after Syed Ali was shot by a sniper] I just got off the line with LAPD: the perimeter's set up
- Tony Almeida: How the hell did anyone know we were moving him?
- Jack Bauer: Half the intelligence community knew we had him in custody. The leak could've come from anywhere
- Tony Almeida: You figure the shooter's connected to one of the countries implicated in the Cyprus recording right?
- Jack Bauer: Maybe
- Tony Almeida: What'd you mean? They had the most to lose by Ali talking, who else could've it been?
- Jack Bauer: I don't know but after this I'm starting to think Ali might have been telling the truth
- Tony Almeida: You talked to Michelle?
- Jack Bauer: No, I talked to Ali
- Tony Almeida: Let me get this straight, you're taking Syed Ali's word over every expert we have?
- Jack Bauer: Ali was killed for a reason. You have to find out whether that recording was fabricated
- Tony Almeida: My best people have already verified that recording
- Jack Bauer: Fine. Keep the door open, assign a few men to it
- Tony Almeida: I don't have anyone to spare. The Pentagon has us processing intel from nine different countries. Frankly I think this is a dead end
- Jack Bauer: The President is going to make very, very serious decisions based on the information he got from that recording. If there's the slightest chance that recording is not genuine, you have a responsibility...
- Tony Almeida: [Interrupts him] oh God, don't lecture me on responsibility. I mean we both know how you work. You consider going "against the grain" as some kind of virtue
- Jack Bauer: Why are you talking to me like this?
- Tony Almeida: Because I've got a job to do and I don't appreciate being told on how to do it
- Jack Bauer: I'm just trying to help
- Tony Almeida: I don't need your help. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everything you've done for us, really I do but I think it's time you go get your daughter, let us handle the rest of this alright?
- Jack Bauer: [Before walking away] yeah, fine
- Tony Almeida: [while shaking hands] hey, I'm glad you're ok
- Jack Bauer: [Just having returning to CTU] thanks: I'm going to get out of your way, I want to get a hold of Kim
- Tony Almeida: [Handing him the business card of the Sergeant] I spoke to a Sergeant Griggs at the San Jose Sheriff's Department and we sent a man over to your sister in law to meet Kim. He was going to call when she got there but that's his number in case you want to follow up
- Jack Bauer: Ok thanks. George told me he put you in charge
- Tony Almeida: Yeah, how about that? "Trial by fire", right?
- Jack Bauer: You're going to do great
- Tony Almeida: Look, we'll catch up later alright?
- Jack Bauer: Yeah
- General Bowden: Casualty estimates in the initial air campaign are minimal: a dozen at the most
- Lynne Kresge: What about the ground campaign?
- General Bowden: There are numerous scenarios, depending on obviously how long the campaign lasts, if chemical or biological weapons are deployed against our troops which frankly I think they will be
- President David Palmer: Ok taking all that into account, and then give me a number General
- General Bowden: Simultaneous ground assault against the three countries which lasts five weeks which will result in ten to thirty thousand American casualties
- President David Palmer: [after rubbing his head] and if China and Russia enters the conflict against us?
- General Bowden: There's no "outer limit" to that Mr. President but it's an unlikely scenario. They'll want to insinuate themselves to control the oil fields
- President David Palmer: [Over the phone] it's good to hear your voice but I'm in a meeting with the Joint Chiefs right now
- Jack Bauer: I'm sorry Sir but I felt this was important enough to interrupt you: Syed Ali has just been assassinated. CTU was just transferring him to Guantanamo when it happened
- President David Palmer: What're you talking about? By whom?
- Jack Bauer: We don't know yet Sir but I think it has to do with the conversation that was recorded in Cyprus. Mr. President I don't believe its genuine
- President David Palmer: That recording was authenticated
- Jack Bauer: Sir, authentication is never one hundred percent
- President David Palmer: Do you have any evidence to the contrary?
- Jack Bauer: Syed Ali said he was in Berlin when the conversation took place. He said the entire recording was fabricated
- President David Palmer: I'm aware of his denials
- Jack Bauer: Mr. President, I'm just worried someone is trying to manipulate you into taking the kind of military action I assume you're about to take
- President David Palmer: Look, the fact that Syed Ali was killed does not prove that the recording was fabricated
- Jack Bauer: No Sir. I know that. I know it doesn't but I just feel there's a responsibility to tell you that he was assassinated because he was in fact telling the truth
- President David Palmer: Do you have hard evidence? Listen to me. I don't want to initiate a military action based on erroneous information but I can't stop it based on conjuncture
- President David Palmer: I understand Sir, I do. Mr. President, if I were to get you some proof, how much time would I have?
- President David Palmer: Our military response is only hours away. You better do it soon
- Jack Bauer: Yes Sir. Thank you Mr. President
- Jack Bauer: [Over the phone] look, for the time being I want you to keep this information between us ok? I just talked to the President: he will not halt any military action unless we can provide proof
- Michelle Dessler: Ali was our only proof
- Jack Bauer: There's got to be another way to establish Ali's presence in that time. Other foreign intelligence agencies must have been tracking him as well
- Michelle Dessler: An intelligence official from one of the target countries is here
- Jack Bauer: What're you talking about? Here at CTU? Why?
- Michelle Dessler: We struck an intelligence agreement earlier today. Look, he's the one who escorted the evidence from Ali's apartment
- Jack Bauer: And you think he knows something?
- Michelle Dessler: He might. Tony doesn't want him talking to anyone
- Jack Bauer: Ok, fine. What's name?
- Michelle Dessler: [Spelling the last name for him] Yusuf Auda. A-U-D-A
- Jack Bauer: Ok I'll pull up his CVC to run a background check on him. I'll get back to you
- Mike Novick: [after entering the room and closing the door behind him] the Joints Chiefs are revising their material estimate between ten and twenty percent: this is good news Sir
- President David Palmer: None of this is good news
- Mike Novick: General Bowden is ready to walk you through the strategy stemming
- President David Palmer: I need a few more minutes
- Mike Novick: How long should I tell him?
- President David Palmer: When I'm ready
- Mike Novick: What is it Mr. President?
- President David Palmer: The telephone conversation I had with Jack Bauer keeps playing inside my head. I'm worried we may be moving too fast
- Mike Novick: Mr. President, your ability to analyze situations is your strongest asset. But it's also your greatest liability
- President David Palmer: I don't want to make a mistake that our children and their children will have to pay for
- Mike Novick: Sir, we have evidence that has been confirmed by every military and intelligence on the payroll
- President David Palmer: Everyone except Jack Bauer
- Mike Novick: It's natural for you to be having doubts right now. I'd be worried if you weren't having doubts but when the public learns what happens, they'll want a decisive response. They'll demand it
- President David Palmer: We're not responding to anybody's blood lust
- Mike Novick: No Sir. We're not. We're responding because three countries colluded with a terrorist group to explode a bomb on our soil and we have proof
- President David Palmer: And what if the proof is a lie?
- Mike Novick: It isn't
- President David Palmer: Are you sure?
- Jack Bauer: [while in the bathroom, after checking the stalls are empty] Mr. Auda, my name is Jack Bauer...
- Yusuf Auda: [Interrupts him] if your here to give me another excuse: don't waste your time
- Jack Bauer: I'm not here to give you excuses. I need to ask you a few questions about the evidence taken from Syed Ali's apartment
- Yusuf Auda: [Irritated] how would I know what was "found"? You people refuse to include me in the discovery process, why not ask them?
- Jack Bauer: My colleagues might not be interested in the same "questions" I am. I'm trying to determine if the evidence could've been compromised before it got here
- Yusuf Auda: [after pausing] before I tell you anything, tell me everything you know. Whatever evidence was found in Ali's apartment, their keeping it from me which suggests it incriminates my country
- Jack Bauer: I'm sorry. I'm not at liberty to discuss anything, you and I aren't even suppose to be talking
- Yusuf Auda: So you're asking for me to help you without offering in return?
- Jack Bauer: I know I'm asking a lot
- Jack Bauer: [Before leaving the bathroom] that's asking too much
- Jack Bauer: [Answering the phone] this is Bauer
- Jonathan Wallace: Hello Jack
- Jack Bauer: Who is this?
- Jonathan Wallace: The only person who can prove Syed Ali wasn't in Cypress in April meeting with Arab leaders: the recording you found in Ali's apartment, in case you haven't figured it out already is bogus
- Jack Bauer: How do you know that?
- Jonathan Wallace: Because I'm the one who planted it. I was in Cypress on April fifth. I placed it in Ali's apartment
- Jack Bauer: And I'm just suppose to believe you?
- Jonathan Wallace: You don't have a choice. That's why I killed Ali. So you would have to deal with me
- Jack Bauer: How do I know you killed him?
- Jonathan Wallace: I almost had to take you out too but you moved at the last second. But I know what you two were talking about
- Jack Bauer: What'd you want?
- Jonathan Wallace: Kate Warner
- Jack Bauer: Why? Why do you want her?
- Jonathan Wallace: Just get her out of CTU. Bring her to the alley at the intersection of Meridian and Mort Park. There's small warehouse. Look for the neon sign
- Jack Bauer: My access to CTU is limited at best
- Jonathan Wallace: You're resourceful. Find a way
- Jack Bauer: You didn't answer my question. Why do you want her?
- Jonathan Wallace: Don't worry about that now
- Jack Bauer: She hasn't even been released from CTU, she's still in debriefing
- Jonathan Wallace: You got thirty minutes. Bring her to the warehouse. Just the two of you
- Jack Bauer: Thirty minutes is not enough time
- Tony Almeida: [Over the phone] hey it's me
- Michelle Dessler: Was Yusuf Auda helpful?
- Tony Almeida: No, his got some trust issues: I'm right behind you. I think there's another way to prove the Cypress recording is fake. I'm going to need your help. You're going to have to trust me
- Michelle Dessler: Ok whatever you need
- Tony Almeida: Ok I'll back to you in a minute