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The Russian people join you in mourning President Hassan.

We both know the opposition that undid him had outside help.

I just got off the phone with the Russian foreign minister.

He said that he would be coming to the United Nations in five hours...

- with the Russian premier to sign the treaty as scheduled.

The credit for that is all yours.

It's good to be back in the game.

Elements inside the Russian government...

were behind both the assassination of President Hassan...

and the supply of nuclear material to his enemies.

The Russian government?

The Russians inserted Dana Walsh at C.T.U. months ago.

She was their agent.

If Bauer gets to her, this will all be finished.

I want to know who killed Renee Walker.

Renee's dead? I'm sorry.

You're sorry?

I can give you the hitter.

I want more than just names. I want proof!

I have proof-- an audio file, film.

Where?

First, I want my immunity deal back.

I'm sorry. I won't give Dana Walsh immunity.

I believe she knows the names of the people...

who facilitated the assassination of President Hassan--

people working within the Russian government.

I won't allow it.

You don't want to know the truth.

What I want is to keep the Russians at the table.

Allegations of this sort will drive them away.

I've arranged a helicopter to fly you from C.T.U. to McGuire Air Force Base.

You're locking me down.

I'm taking this helicopter.

Tell your men to drop their weapons, or they're gonna die. Now.

Out of the copter now!

All security to the helipad. Security to the helipad now.

Call the F.A.A., the air force.

Tell them we have a stolen helicopter that needs to be forced down.

Jack, it's Chloe. What are you doing?

Talk to me.

Jack, talk to me.

- Can you hear me? - Yeah, he can hear you. Comm's on.

- He's just not answering. - Damn it.

Air force choppers are closing in on his position.

Mr. Bauer.

You are ordered to turn the aircraft around and return to C.T.U.

I repeat, turn the aircraft around now.

Jack's descending. Air force choppers are in pursuit.

Jack, this is crazy. Come back to C.T.U.

N.Y.P.D., this is Ranger 1.

Suspect just landed on the Cooper Building.

We're gonna circle and maintain visual contact.

We have a visual on N.Y.P.D.

Two units approaching the building. They're one block out.

Suspect's on the fire escape. He's descending to ground level.

We've lost him. Attempting to reacquire.

Dispatch, no sign of suspect.

Dispatch, this is Unit 27. We're at the building, but we've lost the suspect.

Copy. We'll widen the perimeter.

- What the hell is Jack doing? - He's not letting this go. That's what he's doing.

Dana told him she has proof about the Russians. He'll probably come after her.

That's crazy. She's locked down. Jack knows you can't get to her.

He'll either figure it out or he'll die trying.

I want you in the field.

Meet with N.Y.P.D. and coordinate an interagency search.

Bring in whoever you need.

Arlo, use satellite and traffic cam.

Maybe we can track him from here. On it.

Keep me looped in on the search status. I'll call and update.

No, I don't want to be updated in 10 minutes.

I want a real-time uplink. Yes, sir.

They still haven't been able to lock Jack down?

They lost him. He landed the chopper and escaped on foot.

N.Y.P.D. is securing a perimeter.

C.T.U. is coordinating an interagency search.

If Jack gets this evidence and exposes the Russians, the agreement is over.

The peace agreement may not be the only casualty.

Madam President, you covered up the Russians' involvement.

That's grounds for impeachment, possibly a criminal indictment.

You crossed the line, Madam President.

But it may not be too late to step back and limit the damage.

How? Expose the Russians.

Grant Dana Walsh immunity in exchange for evidence.

We'll launch an investigation through transparent international channels.

Which will effectively end the peace deal.

But it will save your administration.

There is still a chance that C.T.U. will find Jack.

Even if they do, the evidence is still out there.

Eventually, it will surface.

Allison,

I know better than anyone how much this means to you,

how much you've sacrificed personally to make it happen.

Ethan, we are so close.

And we will be again--

if not during your administration, then during the next one.

I wish I could believe that.

God.

Ethan, I want you to prepare--

a statement...

announcing our withdrawal from this accord.

We have a press conference in 40 minutes.

I'll make the announcement then.

As hard as this is, you're doing the right thing.

Madam President.

It's over, Charles.

- I've decided not to go through with the peace deal. - Because of Bauer?

Because the evidence implicating the Russians--

evidence that I helped cover up-- is-is potentially too lethal.

I agree, Madam President.

Doesn't sound like you have much of a choice.

I'm surprised. I expected more of a fight from you.

I'm nothing if not pragmatic, although I am disappointed.

I'm afraid you'll have to find some other way to repair your legacy.

My own personal disappointment aside,

it's a loss for the world.

Yes, it is.

Ethan's drafting my statement.

I need to call Dalia Hassan.

I hope that she'll forgive me for keeping the truth from her.

Before you do, there is one thing you might consider--

a way to preserve the peace deal.

The peace deal is over. You said so yourself.

I said it was over if the evidence comes out.

Obviously, you can't grant Walsh immunity.

The evidence would become public record.

You need to control the evidence by keeping Walsh off the grid.

Off the grid?

Classify her as an enemy combatant...

and incarcerate her in a private facility.

There is a private security firm I can recommend.

They're effective and discreet.

I have them standing by.

Sounds like you've been giving this a lot of thought.

Madam President, this evidence is hanging over your head.

You need to deal with it.

We can't keep Walsh locked up indefinitely. You wouldn't have to.

Ms. Walsh may not give up the information willingly,

but she will give it up.

And once we have it, it won't matter what she claims.

You're talking about using physical coercion.

I know how deeply this offends your public and private sensibilities.

It is repugnant, even immoral.

But isn't morality relative, considering what's at stake here?

You are still talking about torture.

I'm talking about preserving a peace accord...

that is crucial to the security of this nation.

And that can only happen if you acquire and control the evidence.

Believe me, Madam President, I don't make these suggestions lightly.

I appreciate the implications.

I've tried to be as open and candid with you as I've been with anyone.

And the truth is I regret many of my own actions when I was president.

But I've also had the time and the distance to see past them...

to a place of clear and deep understanding.

What do you understand, Charles?

Wielding the kind of power that I once had and you have now can change the world.

But that often requires making impossible choices...

that challenge our most sacred ideals.

If you're not willing to do that,

you should take Ethan's advice and pull out now.

This was taken eight minutes ago on the corner of 25th and Cleveland.

Give Cole this information. Have him redirect his search.

Ms. O'Brian. I have President Taylor calling for you.

Put her through.

Madam President, Chloe O'Brian.

Have you made any progress in finding Jack Bauer?

Not yet. We're still searching.

I think it's safe to assume he's on his way to C.T.U....

and that Dana Walsh is his target.

That's-- That's why I'm calling, Chloe.

I want Walsh transferred to a safe house off-site.

Madam President, I've doubled the security around Dana Walsh.

I'm confident this is the safest place for her to be.

Your opinion notwithstanding,

I'd feel more comfortable with her in a place where she can't be tracked.

Agents from a-- a private security firm are coming there to pick her up.

A private security firm?

You know as well as I do that Jack has contacts throughout the government,

some of whom might be sympathetic to his situation.

I'm not suggesting that you're one of those people, Chloe.

I just-- I just want to take every precaution.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm sending over the transfer order now.

The agent in charge of the escort team is named Mark Bledsoe.

He should be arriving there in a few minutes.

Understood. Thank you, Chloe.

I know this was difficult, Madam President, but you made the right call.

These men of yours, I want them to use every method...

of noncoercive interrogation available to them.

I've already given that standing order.

No one wants this to get ugly.

Oh, it's already ugly, Charles.

Thanks. I don't need the chargers.

O'Brian.

Chloe, it's Jack.

Jack. Please, come back now. This has got to stop.

I need you to get me access to Dana Walsh.

-The president said she's lying. -No, it's the president who's lying.

She's covering up the evidence to protect the peace agreement.

Even if she is, she must have a good reason.

Besides, it's not your call. It's the president's.