24 (TV Series)

Day 4: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2005)

John Allen Nelson: Walt Cummings

Quotes 

• President Charles Logan : [Referring to Agent Bern confessing his involvement in the raid at the Chinese Consulate, implicating Jack Bauer and the United States]  damn it David, you said this would be handled

  Mike Novick : [Responding for Palmer]  I'm sure the Chinese don't want war

  Walt Cummings : No, but they do want to embarrass us: take the moral high ground in the court of world opinion. We need to take the least damaging course of action

  Mike Novick : Unfortunately, then there's only one option

  President Charles Logan : Which is?

  Mike Novick : We hand Bauer over to the Chinese

  David Palmer : Unacceptable

  Mike Novick : Besides if we turn him over, he'll implicate this Administration. The Chinese made Bern talk, they'll do the same with Bauer eventually

  David Palmer : Jack Bauer would never compromise national security

  Walt Cummings : As much as I'd like to believe that, everyone breaks

  David Palmer : What you believe is irrelevant

  Walt Cummings : [to Logan]  there is another option Mr. President

  President Charles Logan : Go on

  Walt Cummings : Suppose something happens to Bauer? Suppose he has an "accident"?

  David Palmer : That's an obscene suggestion

  Walt Cummings : It solves a lot of problems

  David Palmer : [to Logan]  Mr. President...

  President Charles Logan : This Administration does not condone murder and it never will, is that clear?

  Walt Cummings : Yes Sir, I'm sorry Sir

• Walt Cummings : [Over the phone]  this is a messy situation: even if Bauer doesn't implicate the President, and the attack on the Consulate, there are other problems. Bauer is Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, which him a "high value" prisoner, with a gold mine of information. Chinese could squeeze him dry

  Dale Spalding : Your right

  Walt Cummings : Plus, the Chinese can share the information with any intelligence agency in the world and eventually whatever they get out of Bauer can find its way into the hands of terrorists. This could set us back years

  Dale Spalding : So the bottom line is?

  Walt Cummings : I don't think I need to spell it out for you

  Dale Spalding : I assume this isn't coming from President Logan?

  Walt Cummings : Absolutely not: his expressly forbidden it but that doesn't mean he'll be sorry if it happened

  Dale Spalding : So any investigation into Bauer's death?

  Walt Cummings : Will be brief and superficial. I'll see to it personally

  Dale Spalding : Fine, I'll take care of it