24 (TV Series)

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

Jude Ciccolella: Mike Novick

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

• Mike Novick : [after entering the room and closing the door behind him]  the Joints Chiefs are revising their material estimate between ten and twenty percent: this is good news Sir

  President David Palmer : None of this is good news

  Mike Novick : General Bowden is ready to walk you through the strategy stemming

  President David Palmer : I need a few more minutes

  Mike Novick : How long should I tell him?

  President David Palmer : When I'm ready

  Mike Novick : What is it Mr. President?

  President David Palmer : The telephone conversation I had with Jack Bauer keeps playing inside my head. I'm worried we may be moving too fast

  Mike Novick : Mr. President, your ability to analyze situations is your strongest asset. But it's also your greatest liability

  President David Palmer : I don't want to make a mistake that our children and their children will have to pay for

  Mike Novick : Sir, we have evidence that has been confirmed by every military and intelligence on the payroll

  President David Palmer : Everyone except Jack Bauer

  Mike Novick : It's natural for you to be having doubts right now. I'd be worried if you weren't having doubts but when the public learns what happens, they'll want a decisive response. They'll demand it

  President David Palmer : We're not responding to anybody's blood lust

  Mike Novick : No Sir. We're not. We're responding because three countries colluded with a terrorist group to explode a bomb on our soil and we have proof

  President David Palmer : And what if the proof is a lie?

  Mike Novick : It isn't

  President David Palmer : Are you sure?