24 (TV Series)

Day 8: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m. (2010)

Chris Diamantopoulos: Rob Weiss

Quotes 

• President Allison Taylor : [Over the speakerphone]  I'm here with Rob Weiss, I was told you have urgent news?

  Brian Hastings : Yes ma'am, we've received a call from Farhad Hassan

  President Allison Taylor : Farhad?

  Brian Hastings : Yes, as we suspected, he was trying to smuggle the nuclear rods of the country: the people his working with turned against him

  President Allison Taylor : What do we know?

  Brian Hastings : Well, Farhad believes they want to use the rods to construct a dirty bomb and set it off somewhere in New York City

  President Allison Taylor : Why would they do this?

  Brian Hastings : Between Hassan's crackdowns and CTU, we've backed them into a corner: this is their "response"

  Rob Weiss : Do you believe him?

  Brian Hastings : Yes I do. Farhad's turning himself in, his agreed to help us prevent this attack

  Rob Weiss : Where is Farhad now?

  Brian Hastings : His in a warehouse just outside the city in Forest Hills, I've enlisted Jack Bauer to lock him down. Now madam President, the men who turned against Farhad are covert assets for the IRK, if we can get access to the IRK intelligence files, Farhad may be able to help ID these men: it'll put us that much closer in tracking him down

  Rob Weiss : Those files are the lifeblood of Hassan's intelligence operations, he'll never hand them over, especially in his current frame of mind. Hell, the man's gone off the "deep end"

  President Allison Taylor : Maybe this will pull him out of it. Tell Hassan we've found his brother and I need to speak to him immediately: contact Tim Woods at Homeland, have him put together a briefing, I need to know exactly what we're facing, God forbid this attack happens

• President Allison Taylor : [Through teleconference]  good evening gentlemen

  Tim Woods : Madam President, Brian Hastings over at CTU has brought us up to speed and we're ready to review some "specifics" with you

  President Allison Taylor : Good, I'm listening

  Tim Woods : If you would refer to your monitor: it's a diagram of Midtown Manhattan. According to CTU, the stolen nuclear rods have a maximum explosive yield of three hundred pounds: that's enough radiological material to contaminate approximately one square mile. If the device were detonated in a more density populated area of Manhattan, we could be looking at casualties in the tens of thousands. Doctor Landry?

  Ben Landry : Most of the deaths would be from severe radiation poisoning: the remainder of the victims would "expire" from radiation induced illness, primarily leukemia and other cancers

  Admiral John Smith : We also have to consider the infected area would be rendered uninhabitable for approximately forty years

  Rob Weiss : [Sitting next to Taylor]  obviously a citywide evacuation is out of the question?

  Tim Woods : That's right, there are millions of people on this island with a few points of egress: it would take days to get them out, not to mention that going public with this information would cause mass panic

  President Allison Taylor : [Nods]  I agree we need to keep this threat from the public for now, focus on our efforts this attack never happens

  Tim Woods : CTU still believes the nuclear rods are outside the city, so their fortifying radiation detection efforts at the bridges and tunnels. We are also "hardening" high value targets, such as the financial district, landmarks, and subways

  Rob Weiss : We can't ignore the the UN may also be a target. Given the danger I think we should evacuate the entire building, we can resume the conference from a safe location

  President Allison Taylor : [after thinking it over, concluding the briefing]  alright, inform the delegates of the situation, thank you gentlemen