24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. (2007)

Powers Boothe: Vice President Noah Daniels

Quotes 

• Karen Hayes : [after entering the Oval Office, while looking at her folder]  I just got off the phone with the Pentagon and intel indicates the Russians are moving another mechanized divisions into the Central Asian theater

  Vice President Noah Daniels : So they're in striking distance of our base?

  Karen Hayes : Yes, our troops are at the highest level of alert. sir, Tom Lenox was suppose to be with me on the call and I couldn't find him or get him on the telephone: is there "something" going on that I should know about?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Tom is out in the field, running a classified "operation." He figured out who the "leak" was

  Karen Hayes : Who?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Lisa Miller

  Karen Hayes : Lisa Miller is spying for the Russians?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : No, the man Lisa's romantically involved with is. The last year this man Mark Bishop has been passing Lisa's emails to the Russians along with other things that she told him in confidence

  Karen Hayes : That's how the Russians knew the Chinese has the component?

  Karen Hayes : [after Daniels nods]  does Lisa know?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : She does now. Tom sent her back to Bishop with a cover story with falsified emails. We're hoping we can convince the Russians that we've destroyed the circuit board before the Chinese can get it out of the country. With any luck, Bishop will forward those emails to the Russians, they'll back off, and that'll buy time for us to retrieve the component from the Chinese

  Karen Hayes : Well, I hope that works sir

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I know you wouldn't have wanted to be kept out of loop on this one but let me assure you it had nothing to do with you but everything to do with me

  Karen Hayes : I don't understand

  Vice President Noah Daniels : At the same time Lisa was with Bishop, she and I were in a relationship as well. Needless to say, I am ashamed

  Karen Hayes : Well sir, I think you're being a little hard on yourself: you and Lisa were both single and there was no way you could know what she was doing behind your back

  Vice President Noah Daniels : That's a question of "judgment." I trusted her and unless Tom's plan succeeds that mistake will bring us to war

• Vice President Noah Daniels : [Over the speakerphone]  I'm here with Karen

  Tom Lennox : Yes sir, that information we planted for the Russians has been sent on to Bishop's contact

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Good, do you think it's made its way to Suvarov yet?

  Tom Lennox : I'm confident it has sir but I do think a call to the Russian president giving him the news ourselves that might strengthen your creditability of our story here

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I agree

  Tom Lennox : Sir, there is one other thing

  Vice President Noah Daniels : What's that?

  Tom Lennox : We had some "complications" and Lisa was injured in the operation

  Vice President Noah Daniels : How badly?

  Tom Lennox : Well, she experienced a loss of oxygen to the brain: we won't know the extent of the damages until she regains consciousness. She is on her way to the hospital

  Vice President Noah Daniels : How the hell did this happen?

  Tom Lennox : Sir, she attacked Bishop "suddenly" before we could even get in there: he almost strangled her to death

  Vice President Noah Daniels : And what were you doing during all this? You should've been watching her the whole time. Where was Secret Service?

  Tom Lennox : Sir, we did everything we could, it just "happened" too fast

• Tom Lennox : [Talking privately, to Daniels, referring to his cell phone]  I've got a Philip Bauer holding for you on a scrambled line

  Karen Hayes : [Surprised]  what? What does he want?

  Tom Lennox : I don't know: his in league with the Chinese, I think we need to hear him out?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [to Tom]  put him on speaker

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Mr. Bauer

  Phillip Bauer : Thank you for taking my call Mr. Vice President

  Vice President Noah Daniels : What's this about?

  Phillip Bauer : I think you know what this is about

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Tell me anyway so there's no miscommunication

  Phillip Bauer : I want my grandson and I want a clear passage to a country of my choice. If you give me that, I'll give you the FB sub circuit board

  Vice President Noah Daniels : You're working with the Chinese

  Phillip Bauer : I was: they had their chance, they blew it

  Vice President Noah Daniels : How do I know you even have this component?

  Phillip Bauer : [while reading off the circuit board]  the serial number is 3PTL3, check it on any records you have

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [after Tom shows him a schematic of the circuit from his PDA]  do you realize what you're asking?

  Phillip Bauer : I'm offering you the opportunity of avoiding a conflict this country does not want: a war this country cannot afford, not after what's happened today. I'll send my instructions on an encrypted data stream

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Before Philip abruptly hangs up]  Mr. Bauer...

  Karen Hayes : Sir, you are not seriously considering this. Philip Bauer is a federal fugitive, complicit in selling nuclear weapons to terrorists

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I know what crimes his committed

  Karen Hayes : Then how can you even entertain the thought of negotiating with him?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Because maybe we can't afford not to

  Karen Hayes : We are talking about trading the life of an innocent young boy

  Vice President Noah Daniels : We're talking about the lives of a lot more young men if we go to war with Russia

  Karen Hayes : And you think Philip Bauer is somebody we can trust? The man is a sociopath

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Asking for his opinion]  Tom?

  Tom Lennox : He is a sociopath: she's right about that. Given the stakes, this is a risk worth taking sir

  Vice President Noah Daniels : None of this makes sense, everything we know about Suvarov tells us the man wouldn't risk a military engagement even for this piece of technology

  Tom Lennox : Unless his being squeezed

  Vice President Noah Daniels : By who? His cabinet?

  Tom Lennox : I don't know, the military. Gredenko was not the only anti-American general left over from the Soviet regime

  Karen Hayes : Yes, some of them are still in power and Suvarov does rely on them

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [to both of them]  so you think these generals are looking for an excuse to pull the trigger?

  Tom Lennox : Well, it certainly sounds plausible sir

• Vice President Noah Daniels : [Through video conference as Karen sits nearby]  I have some good news to share with you

  President Yuri Suvarov : And what is this good news?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : We were successful in taking out the Chinese agent who was attempting to smuggle FB sub circuit board out of the country

  President Yuri Suvarov : Are you saying you have the component back in your possession?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : No sir, the sub circuit board was destroyed when we attacked the Chinese

  President Yuri Suvarov : I see, I assume you have proof of this?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Yes we do: in addition to fragments from the destroyed component, I'm prepared to give you images or documentation to assure you this threat's been neutralized

  President Yuri Suvarov : do you mean the same documentation you planted with one of my agents?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Excuse me?

  President Yuri Suvarov : The same images you coerced him sending to my people: of a strike that accomplished nothing but destroying an empty building. Yes I know you exposed one of my operatives, I had him under surveillance, which is how I know about your raid on his apartment

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Mr. President...

  President Yuri Suvarov : [Interrupts him]  now if the Chinese agent in possession of the sub circuit board is allowed to transfer it to his government, the entire Russian defense system will be compromised. I told you I would hold you and your government responsible

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I will not tolerate any threats from you: we're doing everything in our power to ensure this component does not reach China

  President Yuri Suvarov : I have already given you ample time to recover it. Now I am feeling less generous. If you do not deliver concrete and irrefutable proof to our embassy that you have recovered or destroyed this component within two hours, I will no choice but to extend my country's forward perimeter to compensate for our defensive vulnerabilities

  Vice President Noah Daniels : You are talking about attacking one of our military bases: now I would urge you to consider the consequences of that. We have just as many troops in that area, and allies will not look kindly upon any unprovoked aggression on my country

  President Yuri Suvarov : You and I both know it will not be unprovoked. This is a matter of survival for us, it is in both our interests that you get that component back: you have two hours