24 (TV Series)

Day 8: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (2010)

Cherry Jones: President Allison Taylor

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• President Allison Taylor : [Talking privately]  it's over... I've decided not to go through with the peace deal

  Charles Logan : Because of Bauer?

  President Allison Taylor : Because of the evidence implicating the Russians, evidence I help cover up is "potentially" too lethal

  Charles Logan : I agree: doesn't sound like much of a choice

  President Allison Taylor : I'm surprised, I expected more of a fight from you

  Charles Logan : I'm nothing if not pragmatic, although I am disappointed

  President Allison Taylor : I'm afraid you'll have to find some other way to "repair" your legacy

  Charles Logan : My own personal disappointment aside, it's a loss for the world

  President Allison Taylor : Yes it is. Ethan's drafting my statement. I need to call Dalia Hassan: hope she'll forgive me for keeping "the truth" from her

  Charles Logan : Before you do, there's one thing you want to consider: a way to preserve the peace deal

  President Allison Taylor : The peace deal is over, you said so yourself

  Charles Logan : I said it was "over" if the evidence comes out. Obviously you can't grant Dana Walsh immunity, the evidence would then become public record. You need to "control" the evidence by keeping Walsh "off the grid"

  President Allison Taylor : [Surprised]  "off the grid?"

  Charles Logan : Classify her as an enemy combatant and in incarcerate her in a private facility: there is a private security firm that I can recommend: their "effective and discreet", I have them standing by

  President Allison Taylor : [Sarcastically]  sounds like you've been giving this a lot of thought?

  Charles Logan : [Sits down]  this evidence is hanging over your head: you need to deal with it

  President Allison Taylor : We can't keep Walsh locked up indefinitely

  Charles Logan : You wouldn't have to. Ms. Walsh may not give up the information "willingly" but she will give it up and once we have it... it won't matter what she "claims"

  President Allison Taylor : [Stands up]  you're talking about using physical coercion

  Charles Logan : I know how deeply offends this you: public and private sensibilities. It is... repugnant even immoral but is morality relative considering what's at stake here

  President Allison Taylor : You are still talking about torture

  Charles Logan : I'm talking about the security of this nation and that can only happen if you "acquire" and "control" the evidence. Believe me, I don't make these "suggestions" lightly, I 'appreciate" the "implications." I'm trying to be as open and candid with you as I've been with anyone and the truth is I regret many of my own actions when I was President but I've also had the time to distance to see "past them" to a place of "deep and clear" understanding

  President Allison Taylor : What do you understand?

  Charles Logan : Yielding the kind of power that I once had you have now can change the world but that often requires making impossible choices that challenge our most sacred ideals. If you're not willing to do that, you should take Ethan's advice, and pull out now

• President Allison Taylor : [noticing the expression on his face after he hung up the phone]  they still haven't been able to lock Jack down

  Ethan Kanin : They lost him: he landed the chopper and escaped on foot. NYPD is securing a perimeter, CTU is coordinating an interagency search

  President Allison Taylor : If Jack gets this evidence and exposes the Russians, the peace agreement is over

  Ethan Kanin : The peace agreement may not be the only casualty. You covered up the Russian's involvement: that's grounds for impeachment. Possibly... a criminal indictment, you crossed the line but it may not to be too late to step back and limit the damage

  President Allison Taylor : How?

  Ethan Kanin : Expose the Russians: grant Dana Walsh immunity in exchange for evidence, we'll launch an investigation through transparent international channels

  President Allison Taylor : Which would effectively end the peace deal

  Ethan Kanin : But it will save your Administration

  President Allison Taylor : There is still a chance CTU will find Jack

  Ethan Kanin : [shakes his head]  even if they do, the evidence is still out there... eventually it will surface

  Ethan Kanin : [sits down next to her]  I know better than anyone how much this means to you: how much you sacrificed personally to make it happen

  President Allison Taylor : We are so close

  Ethan Kanin : And we will be again, if not during your Administration, during the next one

  President Allison Taylor : I wish I could believe that

  President Allison Taylor : [after thinking it over]  I want you to prepare a statement announcing our withdrawal from this accord: we have a press conference in forty minutes, I'll make the announcement then

  Ethan Kanin : [holds her hands]  as hard as this is, you're doing the right thing

• President Allison Taylor : [Over the phone]  have you found Jack Bauer?

  Chloe : Not yet, we're still searching

  President Allison Taylor : I think it's safe to assume his on his way to CTU and Dana Walsh is his target: that's why I'm calling. I want Walsh transferred to a safe house off-site

  Chloe : I've doubled the security around Dana Walsh, I'm "confident" this is the safest place for her to be

  President Allison Taylor : Your opinion is not withstanding, I feel more "comfortable" in a place where she can't be tracked: agents from a private security firm are coming there to pick her up

  Chloe : A private security firm?

  President Allison Taylor : You know as well as I do that Jack has contacts throughout the government, some of whom might be "sympathetic" to his situation. I'm not "suggesting your one of those people, I just... want to take every precaution

  Chloe : Yes ma'am

  President Allison Taylor : I'm sending over the transfer order now: the agent in charge of the escort team is Mark Bledsoe, he should be arriving there in a few minutes

  Chloe : Understood

• Ethan Kanin : [after entering her office]  I have a final draft of your statement, I think it's best for now to cite President Hassan's death as the reason for your withdrawal and after the dust has "settled", we can start prosecuting the Russians through backchannels

  President Allison Taylor : I've chosen not to withdraw from the peace agreement and I'm keeping the press conference as scheduled

  Ethan Kanin : I don't understand

  President Allison Taylor : Dana Walsh is being moved from CTU to a private detention facility: she'll be "off the grid", out of Jack Bauer's reach. I've hired a private interrogation team to "acquire the evidence"

  Ethan Kanin : [Surprised]  "acquire the evidence?"

  President Allison Taylor : Once we have it, she'll be "irrelevant"

  Ethan Kanin : Keeping the truth from Jack Bauer is one thing: but authorizing the illegal detention and torture of a prisoner? How far are you willing to go with this lie?

  President Allison Taylor : As far as "necessary" to "preserve" this treaty... it's vital to the security of this nation, what I am doing is for the "greater good"

  Ethan Kanin : [Nods]  this was Logan's idea, wasn't it?

  President Allison Taylor : The decision was mine and I stand behind it

  Ethan Kanin : [after sitting down]  please listen to what I have to say, I think this is about more than the "greater good", I think your Presidency has cost you your marriage and your children, and you think that this treaty will somehow redeem that loss

  President Allison Taylor : That's enough

  Ethan Kanin : You've made this "personal", and you've lost "your way", I've known you long enough to see that. I implore you... take a step back: look at this "clearly"

  President Allison Taylor : I said that's enough, I've explained my reasons and I appreciate your objections but the debate is over. So let's move on

  Ethan Kanin : Unless you stop what's being done in your name... I can't be a part of this any longer. Don't worry, I'll keep it to myself: cite my health as the reason for my resignation. After all, I'm here against doctor's orders

  President Allison Taylor : [Stands up]  please, we are "almost there", you can't just abandon me like this

  Ethan Kanin : I'm not abandoning you, I'm listening to my conscience. Anyway, you've got Charles Logan now... only room for one of us

• President Allison Taylor : [giving a press conference]  my fellow Americans and friends in foreign lands, I speak to you this morning with a "heavy heart", the brutal and cowardly murder of Omar Hassan was a blow to every civilized person in the world and a stark reminder that the pursuit of peace sometimes comes with a steep price. President Hassan understood that: yet still had the fortitude to pursue a better tomorrow against so many odds. I join with the American people in mourning him and every other innocent life that was lost during this crisis but let it be known here and now, their sacrifice will not have been in vain: peace must and will prevail, no matter the cost, no matter the compromises. We have waited too long and worked too hard to allow this opportunity to pass us by and that is why in Omar Hassan's name, I am choosing to move forward with this historic summit. One made possible by the shared "hope and ideals" of the IRK leadership under its new leader, a woman of unparalleled courage and grace who has been chosen by her people to " carry on the mantle" of her late husband: Dalia Hassan