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That was Bob Cornell at N.S.A.

They've detected another firewall breach. There's been another attack?

Not yet, but they believe the C.I.P. device is being utilized.

We have to assume Dubaku is initiating another attack.

- Madam President? - What is it, Tim?

I've just been forwarded a scrambled call. It's from Colonel Dubaku.

He's demanding to speak with you.

The deadline for your forces to begin their withdrawal has passed.

Go to the window. See what you have done.

Comply with my demands within the hour, or 10,000 more Americans will die.

- She's on her way up. - I'll call you when it's done.

Mr. Taylor, are you okay?

Audio forensics cleaned up the recording.

Walker is extraneous. Kill her before you get here.

Larry, I don't think it's worth it. There's nothing here.

All right, fine. Help Janis coordinate with N.S.A.

I'm sorry about Renee. She was a good agent.

We don't know that she's dead yet!

I've devoted my life to the Bureau,

and you just expect me to believe that the entire government's been corrupted?

Not all of 'em. But until we find out who, we can't trust anyone.

The four of you really think you can stop this?

We have to. It's as simple as that.

Dubaku wants you and your wife. That's the deal.

You are asking us to risk our lives,

- to be delivered into Dubaku's hands. - Listen to him, Ule.

But how can we trust this man?

Because he has no reason to lie.

- How you doin', Tony? - All right.

- Where's Emerson? - He's dead.

You want Matobo or not?

You got what you came for. Now get the hell out of here.

- Did everything go smoothly? - We have the Matobos.

That's what matters. I heard about the planes on the radio.

- The White House still has not complied. - What do you intend to do?

- Exactly what we promised. - We're ready, sir.

Where is the target located? Kidron, Ohio.

Population? 30,000.

- Casualties will be high. - Begin.

Larry.

We think this is the truck the Matobos were abducted in.

Where was this image taken? Near Northwoods Airfield.

Were you able to track it? Not beyond this sector.

But they were heading east on McKinley Avenue. All right.

Make sure the vehicle I.D. is disseminated to all search teams and local agencies.

Yes, sir. Larry. I think I found something.

I've been working N.S.A., trying to backtrace

the C.I.P. attack that took down the two planes,

and I found a code fragment which I think could be residue from the C.I.P. intrusion.

I'm running a pattern match right now. With any luck at all,

we may be able to anticipate where in the infrastructure they're targeting next.

And I need Sean. Janis, I don't wanna waste personnel on a wild goose chase.

Dubaku's threatened to kill 10,000 more Americans in the next 30 minutes.

I understand that, and I will drop it the minute it feels cold.

All right. I'm gonna brief the White House. Keep me in the loop.

Sean.

Are you sure he's up to running this operation?

Larry's fine. Is he? You're the one who told me about him and Renee.

This has gotta be hitting him pretty hard.

If I don't think Larry can do his job, I'll let you know, all right?

In the meantime, I need you to open up a fresh socket.

You've reached Agent Brian Gedge.

Please leave a message, and I'll get back to you.

Agent Gedge, I expected to hear from you by now.

It's urgent that I speak with the first gentleman as soon as possible.

[Woman On Intercom] Mr. Kanin?

Call me back, Agent Gedge. This is extremely important.

Yes?

Larry Moss with the F.B.I. Where are we, Larry?

We've I.D.'d a vehicle that we believe was used in the Matobos' abduction.

We're still tryin' to track it down. How long is that going to take?

- Wish I could tell you, sir. I don't have a time frame.

That's not good enough, Larry.

Unless you get some results, we're gonna get hit again.

A lot of people are gonna die if you don't find Dubaku.

With all respect, sir, I don't need to be told what's at stake.

We're giving everything we can. One of our agents has given her life.

Yes, I-I was told about that. I'm-I'm sorry.

I'll call you the minute we have something. We'll be waiting.

The Matobos have been taken into a building.

546 Adams. Okay, pull up the stats on that address.

On it. It's the Ritter Building. Four stories high.

The building is two years old.

- Give me the security specs. - Give me a minute.

We're comin' up on it.

I'm gonna need your help.

I see you've chosen a target.

The Boyd Chemical plant near Kidron, Ohio.

The C.I.P. device has enabled us to take control of the main tank.

We're about to cause the primary safety valves to fail.

Do you remember the last time we saw each other, Ule?

It was at a state dinner in your residence.

We shared an excellent bottle of wine.

I offered my hand in friendship, and you... slapped it away.

You gave me an ultimatum-- to be the puppet for your military.

You could have had a long and prosperous career as prime minister.

But now you're going back to Sangala as a traitor to your people.

I am prime minister. I was elected by the people.

It's you and Juma who are the traitors.

No. We brought order to Sangala.

But you are trying to destroy everything that we have built.

You will be taken back to Sangala, Ule.

And you will give General Juma the names of all your fellow traitors.

I will never do that. Never.

Hmm. Believe me, you will.

Take them.

Any response from the president?

Not yet. But when she sees...

dead Americans lying in the street, she will be less stubborn.

I'm inside, Jack, approaching the front desk.

Copy that.

Are the Matobos still on the third floor?

Affirmative, Jack. They're being moved. I'm just not sure where yet.

Copy that.

Good afternoon. I'm Agent Walker with the F.B.I.

I don't have an appointment, but I'm here to see Mr. Roane of Roane and Associates.

I'll let them know you're here. Actually, I don't want to be announced.

- I'm here on official business. - All right.

So as far as you're concerned, I was never here. Understand?

Yes, ma'am.

Past security. Heading towards the elevator.

We're on our way to the service entrance.

Chloe, I'm on the third floor.

Law firm is on your left. On your right is a suite of offices...

where Matobo's being held. I see it.

Stairwell's down the hallway to your left.

Agent Walker, we're at the door.

There's one guard outside the suite, probably armed.

Bill, take the third floor. Wait for my signal.

Go on.

Chloe, we're on the fourth floor in what used to be the computer room. What now?

In the center of the room, there are two removable panels.

- They should give you access to the crawl space. - Copy that.

Okay, we're clear. Let's go.

We're in.

Go ahead.

I should never have allowed you to come with me. It was a mistake.

It was not your decision, Ule.

We will be all right.

Jack Bauer will be here soon.

Okay, we're at the heating unit.

Okay, Jack, there's an air duct leading off that unit. Do you see it?

Yeah.

Follow that for about 30 yards until you see an electrical junction.

Make a left, then another 20 yards, you'll come to the vent.

This will give you a view of the entire floor. And the Matobos?

They've been moved into an adjacent room just off the main area.

Okay, copy that. Come on.

The entire N.S.A. has been combing the firewall,

searching for the next C.I.P. device breach.

If this were something, don't you think they'd already know about it?

- I can live without your negativity today, Sean. -

There it is again-- that same code fragment.

Kidron, Ohio. What's in Kidron, Ohio?

Any sensitive installation? Something Dubaku might want to hit?

I don't know. Homeland has a high-value target database.

I'm cross-checking it now.

Okay. Okay. Nothing in Kidron itself.

But in the neighboring county, there's---

Boyd Chemical. What do they make?

Insecticide. Please get me that number.

Hello?

This is Janis Gold at F.B.I. I need to speak to your plant manager immediately, please.

Ma'am, as I just stated, I'm with the F.B.I.

Does that sound vaguely important to you? Now connect me to John Brunner.

F.B.I.? Yeah, put her on. Hold on.

- This is John Brunner. - Hello, Mr. Brunner.

- This is Janis Gold, F.B.I., D.C. bureau. - What can I do for you?

We've been tracking some possible breaches in the government firewall.

The firewall's designed to protect installations like yours.

- I know what it does, honey. - Um--

We have tracked and isolated one of these breaches in the Kidron area.

I need to know, are you experiencing any problems right now?

As a matter of fact, we're dealing with one right now. What is it?

Three of our safety valves just failed on the primary storage tank.

We're having trouble resetting them. What's in the tank?

Methyl isocyanate. It's a concentrated insecticide, highly toxic.

Hey, what the hell is this all about?

Mr. Brunner, I have reason to believe...

that this is a terrorist attack on your facility.

- A terrorist attack? - Yes, sir.

I need you to initiate on-site emergency procedures and stay on this line.

Shut down the tank.

What's goin' on? Do it. Do it. My authority.

Damn. What is it?

It's not responding. What do you mean? Try it again.

Nothing.

Pressure in the primary tank is rising.

- Son of a bitch. - Mr. Brunner?

We cannot shut down the primary tank, and the pressure is building.

If we cannot stop this, we are looking at atmospheric release.

Okay. Get Larry.

Dubaku has targeted that facility. We need to alert the president.

Mr. Brunner, you need to begin evacuating people right now.

All right, Agent Moss. Keep me apprised.

I'll speak to the president. I just received an interagency alert.

The F.B.I. just discovered Dubaku's next target. A chemical plant, yeah.

I just got off the phone with Larry Moss. I need to brief the president.

Has the first gentleman spoken with the president? Not yet.

I talked to Agent Gedge 40 minutes ago. Mr. Taylor is the only person...