24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (2007)

James Morrison: Bill Buchanan

Quotes 

• Karen Hayes : [Over the phone]  are you alright?

  Bill Buchanan : We're beyond the point of the blast: we're fine. What's going on over there?

  Karen Hayes : The Secret Service moved us down to the bunker and the President is about to meet with the Joint Chiefs. Do you have anything new?

  Bill Buchanan : Here's what we know: the bomb went off as we were moving in on Fayed's safe house

  Karen Hayes : Do you think their presence prompted the detonation?

  Bill Buchanan : It could have. It's possible they were prepping the bomb in Valencia, hoping to move it to a more populated area

  Karen Hayes : Is there any chance Fayed could be alive and have those four other bombs?

  Bill Buchanan : We don't know: we're running intel now

  Karen Hayes : What about Assad?

  Bill Buchanan : He's on his way here. We're hoping he can help us find Fayed

  Karen Hayes : Alright, keep me in the loop and please be careful

  Bill Buchanan : [Before hanging up]  I will

• Bill Buchanan : [while their briefing is recorded]  Bill Buchanan, Director CTU Los Angeles. I am here with Hamri Al-Assad: less than thirty minutes ago, Abu Fayed detonated a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles. We believe he is still at large with four more tactical nuclear weapons in his possession

  Hamri Al-Assad : Four?

  Bill Buchanan : That's right

  Hamri Al-Assad : Please, you must understand, I came to the United States to stop Fayed, I knew he intended to inflict damage but I did not know he had nuclear weapons

  Bill Buchanan : He is, which means there has to be a trail: there had to have been many people in the planning of this

  Hamri Al-Assad : This attack was planned after Fayed betrayed me six months ago

  Bill Buchanan : When he learned of your intention to broker a peace plan?

  Hamri Al-Assad : Yes, which I still intend to do

  Bill Buchanan : But you knew Fayed was coming to the United States?

  Hamri Al-Assad : This information only came to me days before the first attack began

  Bill Buchanan : From whom?

  Hamri Al-Assad : From a well informed man Mr. Buchanan

  Bill Buchanan : Are there any other "paths" you can think of? That can lead us to Fayed?

  Hamri Al-Assad : Yes, a source

  Bill Buchanan : Source of the bomb?

  Hamri Al-Assad : A year ago, I sent Fayed to negotiate with an ex-soviet General about a "cash" of tactical nuclear weapons but there was no transaction made at the time

  Bill Buchanan : What was the name of the General?

  Hamri Al-Assad : Dmitri Gredenko

  Bill Buchanan : Can you tell me anything about Gredenko?

  Hamri Al-Assad : Nothing, I have never met the man

  Bill Buchanan : [to Nadia before leaving]  continue questioning him, I'm going to check this out

• Chloe O'Brian : [after entering his office]  Morris just put something on your B window

  Bill Buchanan : [Looking at his computer monitor]  Gredenko's contacts: good

  Chloe O'Brian : Look at number seventeen

  Bill Buchanan : Chairman of BXJ Technologies, Philip Bauer

  Chloe O'Brian : Jack's father

  Bill Buchanan : Did you get anything specific?

  Chloe O'Brian : No, BXJ does a lot of business in eastern Europe. This could be a purely coincidental linkage

  Bill Buchanan : Yeah well, it's not

  Bill Buchanan : Most of their contracts are highly confidential, I'll look into it

  Chloe O'Brian : [while he picks up the phone, before leaving]  calling Jack?

  Bill Buchanan : Yeah

  Bill Buchanan : [Over the phone]  Assad just gave us the name of Russian General Fayed contacted a year ago about the nukes. The General's name is Gredenko, you know him?

  Bill Buchanan : [after Jack says no]  It turns out your father does

  Jack Bauer : My father? Are you sure?

  Bill Buchanan : Yeah Gredenko did business with BXJ Technologies specifically with your father

  Jack Bauer : What kind of "business"?

  Bill Buchanan : We don't know: that's why we want to talk to him

  Jack Bauer : I don't understand this. Is my father a suspect?

  Bill Buchanan : No, his name came up on a list of people who had contact with Gredenko, we're going to question him. I wanted to check with you first to see if you can shed any light

  Jack Bauer : I haven't spoken to him in over nine years

  Bill Buchanan : Alright, we'll send someone over to talk to him

  Jack Bauer : Wait, I should do this

  Bill Buchanan : We can run this

  Jack Bauer : You don't have enough time: he'll talk to me if I go alone

  Bill Buchanan : Are you sure?

  Jack Bauer : [Before hanging up]  yeah