24 (TV Series)

Day 2: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (2003)

Michelle Forbes: Lynne Kresge

Quotes 

• Mike Novick : CTU managed to detonate the bomb within a few meters of the designated coordinates

  President David Palmer : I'm going over the field report now: I'm not seeing any casualty estimates

  Mike Novick : We expect zero direct casualties or close to it

  President David Palmer : I'm going to give Jack Bauer's daughter my personal condolences

  Mike Novick : You won't have to Sir

  Mike Novick : Bauer wasn't on the plane the time the bomb was detonated

  President David Palmer : [Confused]  do we know how this happened?

  Mike Novick : Apparently another man ended up piloting the plane. We're still getting the details

  Lynne Kresge : [after entering his office]  Sir, we just got word from CTU, they finished their analysis on the Cyprus audio. It's real and we have proof that Syed Ali, the man behind the bomb, was given direct support from the Ministers from the three different countries. Here's the transcript of their analysis, including margins of error

  President David Palmer : Do we have any reason to doubt the veracity of this recording?

  Lynne Kresge : Ali's denying it but I suppose that's to be expected

  President David Palmer : Are the Joint Chiefs ready?

  Lynne Kresge : General Bowden has them standing by

  President David Palmer : Given the evidence we do not have option of not responding. I don't see any way around this, do you? I want to issue a statement that there was a nuclear weapon but there were no causalities

  Lynne Kresge : I will alert the network Sir

• General Bowden : Casualty estimates in the initial air campaign are minimal: a dozen at the most

  Lynne Kresge : What about the ground campaign?

  General Bowden : There are numerous scenarios, depending on obviously how long the campaign lasts, if chemical or biological weapons are deployed against our troops which frankly I think they will be

  President David Palmer : Ok taking all that into account, and then give me a number General

  General Bowden : Simultaneous ground assault against the three countries which lasts five weeks which will result in ten to thirty thousand American casualties

  President David Palmer : [after rubbing his head]  and if China and Russia enters the conflict against us?

  General Bowden : There's no "outer limit" to that Mr. President but it's an unlikely scenario. They'll want to insinuate themselves to control the oil fields