24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2007)

Powers Boothe: Vice President Noah Daniels

Quotes 

• Bill Buchanan : [Over the phone]  we now believe Gredenko is in possession of at least five RQ2 aerial drones: somewhere in the Shadow Valley

  Vice President Noah Daniels : RQ2?

  Bill Buchanan : Unmanned stealth aircraft that can piloted remotely from anywhere in the world

  Vice President Noah Daniels : And Gredenko's armed them with the nuclear weapons he provided to Fayed?

  Bill Buchanan : Yes Sir, we're redirecting satellite coverage over the Mojave Desert and the Air Force is scrambling F-16's from Edwards

  Vice President Noah Daniels : But you have no idea how close Fayed and Gredenko are to launching these drones?

  Bill Buchanan : No Sir, we don't

  Vice President Noah Daniels : [Before hanging up]  alright, keep me updated

• Vice President Noah Daniels : [after entering the conference room]  please be seated. As many of you are aware, the terrorists that attacked us this morning, Abu Fayed with the help of Dmitri Gredenko launched an aerial drone we believe is armed with another nuclear weapon. Efforts are ongoing to locate but those efforts failed: we are looking at a second nuclear attack on our country in less ten hours and I am determined not to let this attack happen without a military response on our part

  Ethan Kanin : A military response directed on whom Mr. Vice President? We were under the impression that these terrorists were "essentially" stateless

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Secretary Kanin, that is the "fiction" they hide behind but everyone in this room knows that element with Abu Fayed's country train and fund terrorist organizations like his: it's time to hold them accountable. The Ambassador's just been informed if the nuclear weapon on that drone detonates, we will retaliate with our own nuclear strike. Now this will be a "warning shot", not a full scale attack, the Joint Chiefs have been instructed to identify an unpopulated area where there will be "limited" civilian causalities, Admiral?

  Admiral John Smith : The closest match we have to that "scenario" is a territory near their northern border: we "believe" they should result in less than two thousand deaths. Long term damage, radioactive fallout however could double that number depending on ground conditions

  Vice President Noah Daniels : I can accept that

  Karen Hayes : Mr. Vice President, I'm sure your aware that our intelligence suggests that their government can't control Fayed either: they are doing the best that they can

  Vice President Noah Daniels : And I'm saying they need to figure out a way to do better. "Something" tells me once this bomb hits, they will

  Karen Hayes : If this bomb hits, the opposite will hold true, the moderates will be driven from power, the terrorists will be strengthened there and in the region and I don't hear anyone talking about the Chinese or Russian response to this. We could start another world war

  Vice President Noah Daniels : If I thought there was a high likelihood of that, I wouldn't be suggesting this

  Karen Hayes : Mr. Vice President, the "stakes" are too high for this decision to be based on your "personal judgment." It is my opinion this course of action would be dangerous and reckless

  Vice President Noah Daniels : Consider your concern "registered" Karen but the debate is over. America must start to stand up for herself. The attacks on this country must stop and as acting Command in Chief, that is the best way to make that happen