24 (TV Series)
Day 6: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. (2007)
Peter MacNicol: Tom Lennox
Quotes
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Tom Lennox : [while Bishop is in handcuffs] we have incontrovertible evidence you are spying for the Russians: we recordings of you on the phone with the agent "running" you. Do I have your attention?
Tom Lennox : [after Bishop remains silent] alright so here it is: you are going to upload the emails from Ms. Miller's PDA to your players, additionally you are going to call your handler to back up the story these emails tell, naming our country destroyed the circuit board before it could fall into Chinese hands. Now if you comply, you can push for leniency in your sentencing, if you do not, and I can all but guarantee you the death penalty
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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
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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