24 (TV Series)

Day 2: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (2003)

Jude Ciccolella: Mike Novick

Quotes 

• President David Palmer : [to Sherry]  tell Mike what you told me

  Sherry Palmer : There's a back channel communications network that the CIA used to call OP-COM: it's been shut down for over twenty years. Last month NSA was given orders to resurrect it. It was an "eyes only" order issued by Roger Stanton

  Mike Novick : [Referring to the amount evidence to arrest Roger]  I'm not sure if that's enough

  President David Palmer : By itself, it's not. Unless Roger used call OP-COM to contact Colonel Samuels in the last few hours

  Mike Novick : [to David]  my source is checking on that now

  President David Palmer : [to mike]  call the Attorney General. Start working on this from the legal side. If we find this connection, we'll move on it, and have Stanton arrested

• President David Palmer : [after hanging up the phone]  Jack ok?

  Mike Novick : [Referring to apprehending Nina Meyers]  yes, they got to Nina before she could shoot

  President David Palmer : What about her?

  Mike Novick : Just as you requested: she wasn't seriously hurt. Sir, their awaiting your orders. Do you want her taken back to prison?

  President David Palmer : No, we'll honor our original deal. I'll pardon her for the charges of the murder and treason as soon as we can confirm her information

  Mike Novick : In the meantime, where do you want her?

  President David Palmer : Los Angeles. Let her share the fate of everyone she's endangered

  Mike Novick : [Before leaving]  yes Sir

• President David Palmer : Jack Bauer's plane was shot down by an American military unit: Jack told me himself. I won't go into details except to say I believe him

  Mike Novick : American military? Why?

  President David Palmer : I just spoke to Roger Stanton. I think his hiding something from me, I'm going to arrest him

  Sherry Palmer : Arrest the head of NSA?

  President David Palmer : Bauer said the unit that attacked his plane was connected to a Colonel Samuels out of Fort Benning. Samuels is funded by NSA

  Sherry Palmer : With all due respect, that's pretty thin

  President David Palmer : By itself, yes. But the Ambassador's chopper crash, the evacuation of military personnel out of LA, Ron Wieland's escape from custody. Those things happened after Stanton arrived

  Sherry Palmer : Firing Stanton will cause chaos. All the agencies report through him. His running the search for the bomb for crying out loud

  Mike Novick : If the President's right, his not running the search, his "impeding" it

  Sherry Palmer : Why would he do such a thing?

  Mike Novick : I don't know but if he is, you have a better chance of finding the bomb if we get rid of him

  Sherry Palmer : [to David]  you can't do this on a hunch. if Stanton turns out to be innocent and that bomb goes off, you'll be blamed for the deaths of a million people

  Mike Novick : [to Sherry]  if you do nothing and if he is guilty of something he'll be blamed anyway

  Sherry Palmer : [to David]  no at the very least we need to get kind of proof. Some evidence, you cannot just arrest the head of NSA

  President David Palmer : [to Mike]  she's right we need proof, find me a connection to Stanton and this Colonel Samuels and find it quickly

• President David Palmer : [Over the phone]  yeah those three dates and anything the following week: hold on

  Sherry Palmer : Ok good. Let me know if you find something out

  Mike Novick : Sir,

  President David Palmer : What've you got?

  Mike Novick : I found a way to get into the OP-COM channels

  President David Palmer : Good

  Mike Novick : The problem is the files are password protected. We're going to need someone internal to open them. It'll take time

  Sherry Palmer : No, it's not. I just got the name of a Deputy Director who's retired but his code is still active. We could use that

  Mike Novick : I'll head over to the OC to check it out

  President David Palmer : Good

  President David Palmer : I'm collecting the dates Colonel Samuels' office logged on OP-COM. if Mike can trace Stanton access, we can look for a match

  President David Palmer : Great

  Sherry Palmer : If we have that, you'll have all the proof you need

  Mike Novick : Wait a minute, Stanton has a dozen staff that shares his code. How are we going to pin it on him?

  Sherry Palmer : There's a four digit sub-code that only belongs to him. That's the one that'll nail him

  President David Palmer : You're doing an incredible job here today

  Sherry Palmer : Thank you

  President David Palmer : I had forgotten how talented you are with all this stuff

  Sherry Palmer : I've worked with you for over twenty-five years. It had to rub off me somehow

  President David Palmer : [while rubbing her shoulder]  I'm glad you're here

  Sherry Palmer : I've always been here, you remember that?

  President David Palmer : [Before walking away]  yeah