24 (TV Series)

Day 8: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (2010)

Cherry Jones: President Allison Taylor

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• President Allison Taylor : I believe that is a "reasonable compromise", Mr. President, let's move on to the issue of verification. The "language" in your latest proposal is vague

  President Omar Hassan : Let me clear: my country agrees to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapon with full International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards

  President Allison Taylor : But our terms Mr. President, was that the inspectors themselves would be American, not IAEA

  Farhad Hassan : With respect madam President, your side pushed the point which we never conceded

  Ethan Kanin : With respect, "your side" refused to negotiate the point in "good faith." Without Americans on the ground...

  Farhad Hassan : [Interrupts him]  surely, we're not going to let the nationality of a few hundred Americans...

  Ethan Kanin : [Interrupts him]  verification has no "team"

  Farhad Hassan : So only the United States can be "trusted" Mr. Secretary? This is the message that you send to the rest of the world and then you wonder why we don't want to negotiate...

  President Omar Hassan : [Interrupts him]  Farhad...

  President Omar Hassan : Madam President, please excuse my brother's passion: he only wants what's best for our country

  President Allison Taylor : I understand but we need to resolve this issue before we can move forward and "ideally" before the press conference, which gives us less than an hour

  President Omar Hassan : Madam President, what would your Congress say if my Revolutionary Guard was stationed on your soil?

• Ethan Kanin : President Hassan "accepted" our counter proposals on inspections

  President Allison Taylor : That is great news

  Ethan Kanin : [after seeing her not as excited as he thought she should be]  is something wrong?

  President Allison Taylor : I was thinking about Henry: achieving a comprehensive peace agreement with the Islamic Republic was something he and I talked about years ago. I wish he was here to share the moment

  President Allison Taylor : [When Ethan doesn't respond]  you're surprised?

  Ethan Kanin : Considering his behavior during the divorce, yes I am surprised: he went out of his way to hurt you, especially in the press

  President Allison Taylor : He was angry, I sent our daughter to prison

  Ethan Kanin : You refused to cover up a murder. Olivia was responsible for what happened: no one else

  President Allison Taylor : Still, if the situation had been reversed, I "might've" felt the same as Henry

• Rob Weiss : [after entering the room]  I'm sorry if I'm interrupting but I just talked to Brian Hastings at CTU

  Ethan Kanin : What's going on Rob?

  Rob Weiss : They have someone who has information about an assassination plot on Hassan

  President Allison Taylor : How "real" is the threat?

  Rob Weiss : "Real" enough to "loop" you in: this informant came through Jack Bauer

  President Allison Taylor : I thought Jack was out of all of this. How did he get involved?

  Rob Weiss : As far as I can tell, this informant came to him: we'll know more once the informant signs an immunity deal provided you authorize it

  Ethan Kanin : How secure is the venue for the press conference?

  Rob Weiss : Very and I just raised the alert level but we need to set up a call to inform Hassan about the threat "ideally" before the press conference gets started

  Ethan Kanin : We can't tell Hassan, certainly not before the press conference

  Rob Weiss : Why not?

  Ethan Kanin : Well, he might "scuttle" everything, out of concern for his own safety

  Rob Weiss : Hassan is a big boy, his used to taking risks or he wouldn't be here, you know that. Plus. if Hassan finds out we knew about this and didn't tell him, all the trust we built up over the last year goes out the window and then he'll pull out of talks and frankly, I wouldn't blame him

  President Allison Taylor : I'll think about it: thank you both