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Previously on 24.

America has been victimized again.

Last night's terrorist attack in San Antonio is now the latest...

in this series of bombings that began 11 weeks ago in 10 different cities.

Retrieve the package.

Call me when you have it.

What happened? You shouldn't have come here, Scott.

I don't want to hurt you, but I will unless you do exactly what I say.

I'm Mr. Al-Rezani's attorney.

There are no terrorists here.

Yes, it's Sandra Palmer. I'd like to speak with my brother.

The F.B.I. was just here, and they wanted access to the I.A.A.'s personnel records.

You know I have to do whatever I can to stop these attacks.

Well, that includes giving law enforcement the authority...

to follow up on every single lead they get.

- I can't find the files. - They've been erased.

And don't bother trying to recall them. I used a shredding program.

- Sandra, what are you doing? - You're under arrest.

- Take Mr. Al-Rezani into custody. - Wait a minute.

He has nothing to do with this.

Don't move. Where is Assad?

- Put down your weapon! - I came here alone.

Fayed has set you up. He provided C.T.U. with the coordinates to this house.

Move! Move!

I've gotten most of my people and the governments that support us...

to agree to a cease-fire with the West.

- And that's what Fayed wants to sabotage? - Yes.

But finding Fayed is the key. These are Fayed's men.

They're going in the subway. We can't let them get on that train.

Only the bomber is getting on the train.

The other man is the handler.

You follow the handler. I'm going after the bomber.

- -

- We're heading in your direction.

I copy that. I'll find you. Just stay with the handler.

He's our only connection to Fayed.

The following takes place between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.

You still have Fayed's man in sight?

He's in a gray sedan, about six cars ahead.

Yes? Are you on schedule?

Yeah, there was some traffic around Union Station, but I'm on the road now.

There's been a change. I need you to make that stop in Newhall...

before you come back here.

The Americans will be feeling helpless now. I'm making the call.

The casualty estimate in St. Louis has risen to a hundred and 12.

The mall attack in Baltimore is even worse.

Over 200 dead, many of them children.

My God.

What about the bomb in Los Angeles?

We've confirmed that Jack Bauer averted the attack at Union Station.

Passive surveillance from Metro Transit has also confirmed he's working with Assad.

Have you been able to make contact with him?

No, sir, Jack's been dark...

since he called to warn us about Fayed and we didn't listen.

I didn't listen.

We're receiving a call from Fayed.

He's demanding to speak with the president. Mr. President,

we're receiving a call on a scrambled channel from Fayed, sir.

He's demanding to speak with you. Put him on.

- This is President Palmer. - Mr. President,

we've proven we can strike at you anytime, anywhere,

but I am prepared to offer you a cease-fire, if you meet my demands.

Your demands?

Fayed, we met your demands before, remember,

when you deceived us about Assad being the one behind these attacks,

and now you expect me to just accept your assurances of a cease-fire?

I expect you will take any action that holds the promise...

of avoiding the loss of more American lives.

What do you want?

You are holding 110 so-called enemy combatants...

at your Palmdale military facility in violation of international law.

You must have all these freedom fighters...

on a nonmilitary aircraft in the air by the end of the hour.

The pilot will be informed of the destination...

once the plane is outside your country's airspace.

Even if I agree to this, there is not enough time for us to...

You'll find a way. Because if you don't release the prisoners by the deadline,

the consequences will be immediate and devastating.

I will only make this offer once, Mr. President.

For your country's sake, I hope you accept it.

Is it even possible, Karen, that's what these attacks have been about?

Releasing the prisoners at Palmdale?

Sir, I feel it's wishful thinking to assume this is Fayed's endgame.

Bill, contact Palmdale.

Find out exactly what would be involved in making this happen. Yes, sir.

Mr. President, you cannot seriously consider giving in to this man's demands.

I mean, you said yourself, Fayed cannot be trusted.

No, he can't.

And, Tom, I do not believe for one second...

he has any intention of stopping these attacks... not permanently.

But going along with this buys us more time to find Fayed.

At the very least, it gives the country a respite from the bombings.

Sir, you'd be releasing a hundred and 10 extremely dangerous terrorists.

Karen, I am very well aware of that,

but unless we find Fayed, I may be forced to.

Oh, no. We got a problem.

What? He's heading north.

The further he gets outside of the city, the less traffic we'll have to hide in.

It's gonna be more difficult to track him all the way to Fayed without him seeing us.

- What else can we do? - We need to call C.T.U.

They can give us satellite coverage.

No. I said, "No C.T.U." They killed my men. They tried to kill me.

That's because Fayed made them believe you were behind the bombings.

I will not work with my enemies.

You are working with one now.

You might hate this country, you might hate its values,

but if you are serious about disarming,

about bringing your organization and others to the table,

then you know you have to compromise.

That is your political reality.

What's to say they won't put me in prison once they have me?

I can't tell you they won't, but right now that is our only lead to Fayed.

- Make the call. - Thank you.

Morris, I need you to load this.

- What is it? - The president just got a call from Fayed.

He's demanding we release all the prisoners from Palmdale.

We need to vet each one in case he goes through with it.

Well, he won't. There are some pretty serious

high-grade terror suspects at Palmdale.

No one's letting them go.

Excuse me. Are you refusing to do this?

You should give this to one of the girls in Archives. I'm working up Fayed threads.

That's more important.

Okay, I don't really care what you think is important.

It's not your place to tell me what's important. Just calm down.

I'm trying to help you do your job. You have to evaluate directives that come down.

You can't just keep wasting the time of your most important allies.

- I'm not wasting... - Morris. - What? What?

I want triple filters on each one of these files.

If I don't have results on my screen in 20 minutes, you are out of here.

Grow up.

O'Brian.

Chloe, this is Jack. Jack, I didn't think I'd ever hear your voice again.

Chloe, I don't have a lot of time. I need to speak to Bill Buchanan.

Hold on.

Buchanan. It's Jack on line one.

Jack, where are you?

In a car with Assad, tracking one of the suspects...

in the train bombing. Jack, we know you're working with Assad.

Are you sure you can trust him? I think so.

What do you need, Jack?

The suspect's on Florence crossing Orman.

We believe he's gonna lead us to Fayed, but we need Chloe to give us satellite support.

Logging onto the N.S.A. server now.

Jack, Fayed just contacted President Palmer...

and demanded he release the prisoners we're holding at Palmdale.

What's the president's position? If we don't find Fayed by the 9:00 a.m. deadline,

- I believe he'll go through with it. - It's gonna take me...

at least 10 minutes to get satellite coverage.

I had to send the repositioning orders for the subserver.

That's too long. The suspect is entering Route 7.

- If we try to follow him, he'll see us. - Can you speed up access?

No, the sat queue's overloaded. The entire country's on high alert.

Then we'll use Caltrans cameras to track them till the satellite can reposition.

If there was a traffic cam on Route 7. There isn't. I already looked.

You're gonna have to figure another way to track him until we get the satellite up.

Where's your nearest tac team? Curtis has a unit...

Twelve miles away.

Send him in my direction. I'll get back to you.

Do you think this man will recognize you? No.

What do you have in mind?

All right. Thanks. Manning on comm.

Curtis, I just spoke to Jack. He's surveilling

one of Fayed's men and needs backup.

Where is he? His last known was Florence Boulevard...

near the entrance to Route 7.

He's running this operation with Assad.

Did I hear that correctly? We're working with Assad?

Your orders are to rendezvous with them and lend support.

All warrants on Assad are rescinded for the time being, understood?

- Curtis? - We're on our way.

Don't get up.

Hey! What's wrong with you?

I know you saw me coming! It was my right of way!

You telling me I don't know how to drive? I'm talking to you!

Hey, you all right? I saw the whole thing.

Get out of here! This has got nothing to do with you!

I'm a witness.

- You drove straight into him. - What is it with you people?

You're gonna stick up for him?

Fine. I'll wait here until the police arrive.

Screw both of you. Screw you!

Where are you going?

Hey! Hey, this is your fault!

- I saw his license for the police. -

I can't wait for the police. I can't drive this.

I need to be somewhere. I'll just have to deal with this later.

Where are you going? Newhall. I was getting on Route 7.

So was I. I can take you to Newhall. I'll drop you there. Come.

Come. Thank you.

I hope you're not going to let that bastard get away with this.

Hit and run is a crime. You must file a police report.

I know.

Come on.

C.T.U. This is Jack Bauer. I need to speak with Bill Buchanan.

- Hold, please. -

Buchanan.

Bill, it's Jack. Fayed's man is now in a car with Assad.

What happened? The suspect was involved in a traffic incident.