11:37
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President Bartlett discusses the situation in private with his chief-of-staff, and best friend, Leo McGarry.
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Bartlett: If I declare war, a lot of lives will be lost.
Leo: They say, if we do the airstrikes first, we can greatly reduce the number of American soldiers will die.
Bartlett: At the cost of Qumari civilians.
Leo: That can't be your concern right now sir.
Bartlett: They didn't hurt us. Those children are no less innocent than Zoey. Is it their fault that their parent, or their parents' leaders did bad things?
Leo: You have a bigger responsibility to the American people.
Bartlett: I'm sure that Shariff had similar thoughts when he planned these attacks. These terrorists are right about one thing at least, we will all have to stand before God and answer for our actions. I hope he's in a forgiving mood when I die.
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Jack Bauer arrives at the airport, waiting for Shariff to arrive. Audrey stays with him, hoping the president makes a decision soon. Jack wonders, he's with his former mistress, planning espionage, violating international law. If Teri found out he was with Audrey right now, would she be relieved to learn the truth, or would the thought of Jack committing adultery be less frightening. Curtis arrives at Turner's apartment. One of his co-workers at the electric company said he was suppossed to work intil midnight, but he snuck out around 9:30. It was possible he already fled the country, but he might've left some clue behind in his haste to retreat. Curtis and his team burst through the door. Suprisingly, Turner is still here, in tears.
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Curtis: Mr Turner, my name is Curtis Manning, I'm with CTU.
Turner: I knew you people would come, sooner or later.
Curtis: I'd like to talk to you about tonight.
Turner: You mean disabling those traffic cameras, I did it. I'm sorry, but they said they'd kill my ex-wife and children if I didn't. They said they'd give the money if I did.
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Curtis realizes what Turner means. The terrorists threatened his family, but he had no delusions of getting this money, because none of them planned on Turner surviving. In the darkness of the apartment, Curtis didn't see the explosives strapped to Turner, until now. Curtis yelled for his team to get out of the apartment. When they were out Curtis also left. Turner delayed until CTU had evacuated. He was determined to do this, but didn't want to kill anyone. Turner hoped the terrorists would assume there was a momentary problem with the explosives, but only if he went through with this. Turner pushed the button and blew himself up along with his apartment. Curtis called the fire department immediately. Another dead end, but hopefully Turner would be the only casualty here.
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11:46