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As Chloe works to find a way to safely vent the nerve gas secretary Vinnick calls president Bartlett.

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Vinnick: Bashir claims that Juma is allied with Abdul Shariff.

Bartlett: Shariff is a cabinet member of a friendly government. Shariff was here at the signing ceremony as a guest not 8 hours ago.

Vinnick: We both know that Alqueda recruits a fair amount of recruits from Qumar.

Bartlett: And their prime minister has made real efforts to shut this down. I'll make sure our people look for more evidence.

Vinnick: There's something else. Bashir wants a meeting with president Deby, soon.

Bartlett: We just got word that the people trapped inside CTU might be killed by the end of the hour. And a recent ally of the terrorist responsible wants to come here to the White House tonight.

Vinnick: I didn't say it would be easy.

Bartlett: Nothing in life worth having ever is.

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At CTU Chloe finds a way to vent the nerve gas in time. The only person close enough is George Mason. But the gas wouldn't be vented in time to save Mason. And by opening his door he'd be exposing his prisoner Mandy to the nerve gas. The cold logic is that two people will die, or everyone here will die. Mason agrees to make the sacrifice, but first he wants to try and get some intel from Mandy.

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Mandy: I get why I'm going to die either way. I fail to see why I should care who kills who at this point.

Mason: You could get revenge against those who basicaly killed you. Besides, I don't know what religious beliefs you might have, you may have none. But we are both about to die. On the off chance that we might have to stand before the eternal creator of time, space, and the infinite universe, don't you want to say you did at least one good thing before you died?

Mandy: You have a point. I don't know much.

Mason: And we don't have much time so let's get started.

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Mandy began telling what she knew while Nadia recorded this from a distance. For starters, Juma planned to release the remaining nerve gas at a water distribution center. Mandy didn't know which one, but whichever one it was could potentially kill over 100,000 people. This made George Mason more willing to give his life to stop it.

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