24 (TV Series)

Day 2: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2003)

Jude Ciccolella: Mike Novick

Quotes 

• Mike Novick : [while entering his office]  Jack Bauer is interrogating Syed Ali as we speak: we're getting a minute by minute update on his progress but nothing yet

  President David Palmer : And we're certain this man knows the location of the bomb at this point?

  Mike Novick : Jack Bauer is

  President David Palmer : Make sure he has all the resources he needs

  Mike Novick : Yes Sir

  President David Palmer : [while watching Simmons torture Stanton]  Agent Simmons tells me Roger received the same training in resisting interrogation as he did but everyone breaks eventually

• Mike Novick : Sir, are you aware Jack Bauer is threatening the lives of Syed Ali's family?

  President David Palmer : No, where is his family?

  Mike Novick : In their own country: CTU has been in contact with security forces and has Ali's family in custody. We just got word that Jack has requested to kill the family one by one until Ali tells us the location of the bomb

  President David Palmer : [after going into his office]  would the security forces do this in your estimation?

  Mike Novick : Their government is afraid of what we will do in retaliation if the bomb does go off, so yes I think they would

  President David Palmer : Can we let this happen? Condone the murder of innocent people?

  Mike Novick : The argument would be that the bomb is an act of war. War inevitably results in civilian causalities

  Mike Novick : I don't want a rationale. I don't know of a war where a president knowingly targeted children for assassination

  Mike Novick : Compare this to a weapons factory we discovered near a hospital. A situation we have faced, bombing would still be ordered and many more people would be saved by the destruction of the factory. The numbers are even more compelling here. A few people have to die to save millions

  President David Palmer : How could it come to this?

• Lynne Kresge : Can I have a quick word with you please?

  Mike Novick : Yeah sure

  Lynne Kresge : I don't trust Sherry Palmer and I don't think she should be here

  Mike Novick : I'm up to my eyeballs trying to hide this interrogation with Roger Stanton from Washington: if you have a problem with this, deal with it yourself please

  Lynne Kresge : You know me well enough to know that this is not some battle over turf. This is about Roger Stanton

  Mike Novick : What?

  Lynne Kresge : I was waiting for the appropriate time to tell you. I wanted to be sure. Someone has approached me with evidence of a flurry of communication between Roger Stanton and Sherry Palmer and it had been over the last six months

  Mike Novick : Roger he said he met her today for the first time

  Lynne Kresge : Yes, I know

  Mike Novick : My God

  Lynne Kresge : You've known Sherry for a very long time. You know how she operates. Well this shouldn't be too much of a shock to you

  Mike Novick : [Shaking his head]  Sherry Palmer is a lot of things but a traitor to this country, I don't believe that. What kind of "communication"? By phone calls?

  Lynne Kresge : Yes, phone calls, emails, and face to face

  Mike Novick : Who's your source on this?

  Lynne Kresge : Up until I've been everything through an intermediary that I actually have a meeting with the source in about ten minutes

  Mike Novick : Where?

  Lynne Kresge : Outside. Are you telling the President?

  Mike Novick : No, he has enough on his plate already and he'd want proof anyway. You can go ahead with your meeting. Let me know what happens. Be careful

  Mike Novick : I will thank you