24 (TV Series)

Day 3: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (2003)

D.B. Woodside: Wayne Palmer

Quotes 

• Wayne Palmer : [Through video conference]  the President is not going to make any decisions until he knows what we're dealing with so give me all the parameters Tony

  Tony Almeida : Basically what we have here is a terrorist demand: someone close to Ramon Salazar, we're guessing his brother Hector is demanding his release. If we don't comply, his threatening to initiate an outbreak of a very deadly and fast acting virus

  Wayne Palmer : How do we know if these people are really in possession of it?

  Tony Almeida : I've got Dr. Sunny Macer on the line. She's Technical Director of National Health Services I'll let her address that

  Dr. Sunny Macer : Mr. Palmer, about an hour ago a dead body was anonymously delivered to our office. It was infected with a type three pneumonic virus deliberately introduced into his system. This virus kills within twenty-fours of exposure and there's no known antidote or vaccine. What's particularly disturbing is how fast it spreads. Take a look

  Dr. Sunny Macer : [Uploading images of people infected]  as you can see, it's latent for several hours but once the symptoms are present it consumes the host rapidly

  Michelle Dessler : Our office will be sending you preliminary projections of causalities in case something like this should be unleashed

  Tony Almeida : [to Wayne]  I've got to tell you, it's pretty bleak

  Wayne Palmer : I don't understand this. I mean I thought we "knew" what biological threats were out there? Now do we find ourselves up against the wall so suddenly that something isn't even on our radar?

  Dr. Sunny Macer : This is a strain we've never seen. The autopsy is confirming that someone has engineered this virus to kill ten times faster than ordinary genotypes

  Wayne Palmer : Ok. I see

  Dr. Sunny Macer : Sir, I can't underscore enough how potentially devastating it would be if this virus was released by terrorists

  Tony Almeida : Given this information: what options will the President be looking at?

  Wayne Palmer : It's the unwavering policy of the United States to stand firm against any terrorist demands. Now I know the President, he will not release Salazar, no matter what the threat is

  Tony Almeida : Alright then we can't waste any time on standard protocol today. We've been given five hours to comply, if we're going to find these people and stop this threat, then CTU needs to have every possible resource at its disposal

  Wayne Palmer : You'll have it

  Tony Almeida : Alright, now if we have nothing else to discuss I'd like to get my team back to work

  Wayne Palmer : Understood

  Tony Almeida : Thank you

• President David Palmer : [Talking privately]  and what did CTU have to say?

  Wayne Palmer : That it could be a very dangerous situation. Almeida sent me a breakdown of what could happen if this virus is released and it's not good

  President David Palmer : Give CTU carte blanche. Whatever they need, make sure they get it

  Wayne Palmer : I did

  President David Palmer : We should cancel the debate

  Wayne Palmer : What?

  President David Palmer : It's a mistake to continue prepping for tonight while there's an imminent bio terrorist threat against this country

  Wayne Palmer : First of all, "we" don't know if it's imminent and you know just as well as I do that we get threats every day

  President David Palmer : Not like this one. They said the body was infected with a weaponized virus

  Wayne Palmer : Ok let's say you're right: what do you really think you can do when you put your full attention on it?

  President David Palmer : I just want to make sure that you're not advising me out of fear that my image will suffer if we cancel

  Wayne Palmer : Oh, no it will suffer but I still think the best thing to do is to proceed as planned and respond when we have more information

• President David Palmer : So, what's the latest?

  Wayne Palmer : Nothing yet. CTU's working their leads. Trying to figure out who dropped off the dead body

  President David Palmer : So we still don't know who's behind this threat?

  Wayne Palmer : No, they're still speculating its Salazar's brother, Hector. What they don't know if it's a bluff, staged to release Salazar

  President David Palmer : How can it be a bluff? The virus has been confirmed

  Wayne Palmer : Yes but dropping off a dead body is one thing: being able to infect an entire city? That's something entirely different

  President David Palmer : Alright, I guess we'll know soon enough

  President David Palmer : [Before Wayne walks away]  so you spoke earlier about an "opportunity"?

  Wayne Palmer : Yeah, I'm not sure that's something we need to discuss right now

  President David Palmer : Which means whatever it is fell through, or you know I'm not going to like it so you're proceeding without me

  Wayne Palmer : No, that's not it. I just think because of this threat, I just don't want to divert your attention

  President David Palmer : I can "walk and chew gum" at the same time. What is it?

  Wayne Palmer : Keeler's play book, what if I can get us a copy?

  President David Palmer : What exactly do you mean by "play book"?

  Wayne Palmer : His entire prep for tonight's debate. How his going to answer the questions, what issues his going to try to trip you on, everything

  President David Palmer : And how would we get it?

  Wayne Palmer : You don't need to know the details

  President David Palmer : I'm surprised

  Wayne Palmer : About what?

  President David Palmer : The question. You know there is no way on earth, I'd agree to this

  Wayne Palmer : I am not talking about pull a "Sherry" and stealing it, now it may just drop in our lap, why shouldn't we look at it?

  President David Palmer : You are not in the private sector anymore, you have to get used to how my Administration works

  Wayne Palmer : And I am just trying to give your Administration four more years

  Wayne Palmer : [after David gives him a stern look, implying he doesn't want to win by cheating]  ok, if that's how you want it

  President David Palmer : That's how I want it

• President David Palmer : [Meeting privately]  what is it?

  Wayne Palmer : [Sliding it across the table]  don't be angry but I got a copy of Keeler's playbook

  President David Palmer : Damn it, I told you to drop that

  Wayne Palmer : Will you just listen to me? If you don't want to use it then don't but there is something you need to see

  President David Palmer : There's nothing I need to see

  Wayne Palmer : It's about Anne

  President David Palmer : Keeler is too smart to play the race card or the girlfriend card

  Wayne Palmer : It's neither one of those: which is why I'm bringing this to you. It's something we didn't know about her. Something if it's true, it could damage all of us. Just take a look at it