24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (2007)

Peter MacNicol: Tom Lennox

Quotes 

• Tom Lennox : [Talking privately, referring to the assassination attempt on Palmer]  I tried to stop this

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I'd like to believe you but I'll leave it up to the Justice Department to determine your role in this as well as Assad's

  Tom Lennox : Assad? Reed was setting him up: he had nothing to do with this

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Raises his voice]  you don't know that. It's my understanding you suggested that "others" besides Reed and this man Carson may have been involved?

  Tom Lennox : Only because Reed implied as much, I was just trying to "fair" it out who else might be involved

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Did you?

  Tom Lennox : [Shakes his head]  no

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Then it's "conceivable" that at the very least Assad may have been a "willing participant" in this attack

  Tom Lennox : [Raises his voice]  that makes no sense what so ever

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Raises his voice even louder]  Assad was a terrorist who hated this country and everything it stands for, what better way for him to rally his people than to martyr himself by murdering the President of the United States

  Tom Lennox : [Stands up]  don't you understand that is exactly what Reed and Carson wanted this to look like? And you're playing right into it

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I am going to address the nation shortly on what's happened: until I have all the facts, I am not about to tell them that Hamri Al-Assad is innocent in this

  Tom Lennox : I see what you're doing here. By scapegoating Assad, you'll be able to reverse the President's agenda, get even more aggressive with the Islamic community. You think I don't see what you're doing here?

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Sternly]  it's your plan, you outlined those measures yourself. I was your staunchest advocate. What has happened to the President is horrific so if there's any good to come from this is that we now have the opportunity to do we both know is the best interest of protecting this country

  Tom Lennox : You're asking a whole heck of a lot more for me to just maintain silence on Assad

  Vice President Noah Daniels : The Cabinet knows that you are the architect of the plan. If you're not on the face of it now, it may raise questions. You've come to believe the President was "correct" in rejecting your proposals

  Tom Lennox : Now I know it was the only way to stop these attacks

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Then you can "stick" to your "assertion" of Assad's "complete innocence", or I can clear you of these charges if you help me to initiate your plan, which we both know is in the best interest of this country