24 (TV Series)

Day 4: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2005)

James Morrison: Bill Buchanan

Quotes 

• Bill Buchanan : [Briefing CTU staff]  Vice-President Logan has been sworn into Office: he is now President of the United States. His Office called, they want an update from us in fifteen minutes

  Michelle Dessler : We're working on several protocols related to the plane crash, what is he going to want to focus on?

  Bill Buchanan : His going want to know how a steal fighter was stolen from one of our air bases, more to the point, how it was able to take down Air Force One with one of our own missiles

  Michelle Dessler : Has he been briefed on Marwan?

  Bill Buchanan : He knows Marwan is the mastermind behind today's attacks: yes but his going to want specifics on the football, where are we on that?

  Tony Almeida : Jack's in a debrief field outside Indio. His trying to reconstruct the red chapter of the playbook that was stolen by Marwan

  Bill Buchanan : How's he doing that?

  Tony Almeida : His working with Fred Lawton from the Department of Defense: he wrote the code, so he'll know what's missing

  Bill Buchanan : Good

  Michelle Dessler : Who's going to run point on this update?

  Bill Buchanan : You and Tony

  Michelle Dessler : Alright everyone, we don't a lot of time so we're going to have to fast track this. Double source all Intel through Homeland Security and CIA, skip the usual request procedures, and tie to their data directly

• Bill Buchanan : [after the President ends the conference call]  I'll have Curtis start the interrogation with Prado

  Jack Bauer : You and I both know we can't afford to be wasting time like this

  Bill Buchanan : You heard the President: his not going to let us touch this guy

  Jack Bauer : The President's not here, you are

  Bill Buchanan : If I authorize this, they'll know in ten minutes and we'll all be out the door

  Jack Bauer : What if I can find another way to handle this that wouldn't implicate anyone else but me?

  Bill Buchanan : I'm not going to authorize that

  Jack Bauer : You don't have to

  Bill Buchanan : What'd you mean?

  Jack Bauer : Accept my resignation

  Bill Buchanan : And if I do that, what then?

  Jack Bauer : Release the suspect

  Bill Buchanan : Release?

  Jack Bauer : We don't question him, we don't charge him, we just let him go: he won't need a lawyer or a Marshall

  Bill Buchanan : You're going to take him on as a private citizen?

• Jack Bauer : [Over the phone]  are you still in briefing?

  Bill Buchanan : Yes, you're on speaker, what've you found?

  Jack Bauer : Fred Lawton and I just found a rough reconstruction of the red chapter: we're getting that over to you now

  Bill Buchanan : It's Bill Buchanan, summarize our exposure, what information exactly does Marwan now have in his possession?

  Jack Bauer : The red chapter lays out the location of our domestic nuclear arsenal. The inventory is in thousands, many of the weapons are in transit as part of our standard shift operations

  Audrey Raines : Why can't DOD just secure these weapons?

  Bill Buchanan : Because the number of weapons are in-between checkpoints, it would take over an hour to account for all of them. Listen everyone remember Marwan only needs one

  Bill Buchanan : Alright, we'll get on this immediately. Get back here as soon as you can and help Audrey liaise with DOD, we need to account for every single weapon documented in that chapter

  Bill Buchanan : I'm on my way

• Bill Buchanan : [to Curtis and Michelle]  we have a problem: this is David Weiss from Amnesty Global

  David Weiss : And I have a signed court order here protecting the rights of one Joseph Prado whom you have in custody. This US Marshall is to assure I'm taken to the prisoner immediately

  Curtis Manning : [Looking at the court order]  this is ridiculous

  David Weiss : That's your opinion

  David Weiss : But Mr. Prado's rights will not be violated: take me to him now

  Bill Buchanan : [to Curtis]  we have no choice, do what he says

  Curtis Manning : [to Bill]  there's a nuclear warhead missing, this is our only lead

  Bill Buchanan : I'll get into this with the Justice Department, in the meantime, do what he says

• President Charles Logan : [Over the speakerphone as Mike Novick stands nearby]  what'd you have for me?

  Bill Buchanan : I'm here with Michelle Dessler Director of CTU Los Angeles and Tony Almeida, heading up tactical

  President Charles Logan : Good, let's get started: have all of our armaments referenced in the red chapter been secured?

  Michelle Dessler : Not completely but we're working with DOD on that

  President Charles Logan : What else do we know?

  Michelle Dessler : The man who choreographed today's events Habib Marwan is still at large. Most likely he is in possession of the red chapter

  President Charles Logan : What're we doing to find him?

  Tony Almeida : We just picked up a thread Sir, we have a location of where one of Marwan's associates was detected twenty minutes ago

  President Charles Logan : That sounds promising, what else?

  Michelle Dessler : We're sifting through all of our intel now: we're hoping to put together a pursuit "scenario" soon

  President Charles Logan : So you're pretty confident you'll catch this terrorist Habib Marwan before he strikes again?

  Michelle Dessler : It's not an exact "science" Sir, all we can do is maximize the probability for success: there are no guarantees

  President Charles Logan : [Raises his voice]  of course I understand that, we need to get control of the situation. I can't run the government down here indefinitely but I'm not going back up there until its safe

• Bill Buchanan : [as Chloe overhears their conversation]  do you have those hourlies for me?

  Edgar Stiles : No, I don't but I'm here on another matter

  Bill Buchanan : [Confused]  you're what?

  Edgar Stiles : I heard the interrogation on Prado's been put on hold?

  Bill Buchanan : That's correct

  Edgar Stiles : Why?

  Bill Buchanan : You have a job to do: please get back to it

  Edgar Stiles : I know I'm not supposed to be interfering on matters of policy but considering what I've been through today, my mother dying because of these terrorists, I want to know why we're letting some slimy lawyer protect a dirt bag like Prado

  Bill Buchanan : We're not happy about it either and we're going to fix it but it's going to take some time

  Edgar Stiles : That's time we don't have

  Bill Buchanan : [Insistently]  stop, I'm trying to cut you some slack here but you need to get back to your job, you need to put all that other stuff on hold for a while, please?

  Edgar Stiles : Yes sir

• Jack Bauer : [while in the monitoring room, referring to Weiss]  Marwan called him Amnesty Global: this is his play

  Bill Buchanan : That means Prado definitely knows something Marwan doesn't want us to hear, we still get around that court order

  Jack Bauer : We need to call the President now

• Jack Bauer : What the hell's going on here? You've got a key witness and a missing warhead, we should be pressing this guy with everything we've got

  Bill Buchanan : The judge won't budge, if we want to appeal, we have to wait until 7am to take it to an Appellate judge

  Jack Bauer : Does he know what the stakes are?

  Bill Buchanan : He does but his feeling if Prado has no record, he shouldn't be like a terrorist

  Jack Bauer : What about the fact he was caught meeting with a known terrorist in the middle of the night on a pier?

  Bill Buchanan : Circumstantial

  Jack Bauer : We need to interrogate this prisoner, I don't care what kind of court order their waving at you

  Bill Buchanan : I agree but his got his attorney with him and a US Marshall protecting his rights

  Jack Bauer : Where is his attorney?

  Bill Buchanan : In holding with Prado

• Tony Almeida : [after ending a conference call with the President]  wait a second, does anybody else feel "uneasy" about what we just heard here?

  Bill Buchanan : In what way?

  Tony Almeida : Logan is suppose to be the man who speaks to the country and exudes confidence: not fear

  Bill Buchanan : Air Force One was just attacked, President Keeler is in critical condition. Logan was just sworn in, give him time

  Tony Almeida : We don't have time

  Chloe O'Brian : [after entering the conference room]  we've got Yosik a traffic cam picked him up heading to the coast: we have him on satellite

  Michelle Dessler : [to Chloe]  link this up to Curtis, I want him running point on this takedown

  Bill Buchanan : [to Chloe and Michelle]  tell Curtis to remain "discreet", I want to know what Khatami is doing and who he is meeting before we take him down

• Bill Buchanan : [During a conference call]  Mr. President, this is Bill Buchanan, I'm here with Jack Bauer

  President Charles Logan : Yes Bill, what'd you have for me?

  Bill Buchanan : Sir, in the process of trying to track down this missing warhead, we brought in a prime suspect for questioning

  Mike Novick : What've you learned?

  Bill Buchanan : Well, that's the problem Sir, right now our hands are tied: Amnesty Global has interceded on his behalf

  President Charles Logan : Interceded on what grounds?

  Bill Buchanan : His a US citizen with no previous record

  President Charles Logan : Why is he a suspect?

  Bill Buchanan : We found him with Yosik Khatami, a man linked to today's terrorist events

  President Charles Logan : I don't understand, it doesn't violate any law to question a suspect

  Mike Novick : [Asking permission to join their conversation]  Mr. President, if I may?

  President Charles Logan : [to Mike]  go ahead

  Mike Novick : [to Jack]  am I correct in assuming this suspect is unlikely to respond to the kind of Q and A his lawyer would permit?

  Jack Bauer : That's correct: if we want to procure any information from the suspect, we're going to have to do it behind closed doors

  President Charles Logan : You're talking about torturing this man?

  Jack Bauer : I'm talking about doing what's necessary to stop this warhead from being used against us

  President Charles Logan : [to Bill, before Walt presses the hold button]  give a moment