Testimonials

Back at the White House, President Taylor is wrapping up her statement. She assures the American people that the responsible parties will be brought to justice and reminds everyone to keep the victims in their prayers. In split screen we see Matobo, Bauer, Zombie Spice Renee, and Bill Buchanan being led through a secret underground passage into the White House. No sooner has Madame Prez stepped off the podium, than Ethan Kanin informs her that the A-Team gang has arrived. She immediately wants to know who these people are that rescued Matobo, destroyed the CIP device, and just plain did her job for her. Kanin informs her it was Bill Buchanan, Renee Walker, and Jack Bauer. The name Jack Bauer, of course rings alarms in the Prez's head since he was one of the parties responsible for kidnapping Matobo in the first place. She says "it doesn't make sense." Obviously, she was very busy on Senate business for the last few years and never got around to watching seasons 1 through 6 on DVD. But couldn't the last few Presidents have left her a little memo or something? I'm thinking something along the lines of: "Jack Bauer is the man! He will solve any problem you have. He is always right! The dude rules!" Anyway...she trusts Matobo, and he asked her to listen to what they have to say, so she agrees to let the little renegade gang into the Oval Office.

The Prez greets Matobo warmly, calling him by his first name Ule and kissing him on both cheeks. She tells him she's oh-so-happy he is OK, but also sorry that he was subjected to such an awful ordeal on American soil. Saint Matobo tells her his primary concern is for Sangala and not his own safety and wants to know what the status of the invasion is. When informed the attack is underway, Matobo thanks her with all of his heart and tells her Sangala owes her a debt of gratitude. He also vouches for Bauer and Company, telling Madame Prez America owes them a debt of gratitude as well. She's still skeptical, of course, but Matobo tells her "none of this is as it seems" and that they have come to explain themselves. He excuses himself to meet with his people about the post-invasion plans.

No sooner is Matobo out of the office, than President Taylor's Happy Face is replaced by a stern headmistress face. She takes a seat and tells the gang she wants an to know "What the hell is going on?!" Jack steps forward and tells her all about how Buchanan "discovered" 6 weeks ago that key members of the government/administration were working with Juma and Dubaku to undermine American foreign policy (read: HER foreign policy). She asks if they realize that is an "outrageous" accusation, and Jack says "Yes Ma'am, but unfortunately it's the truth." He explains it's also why all of her attempts to stop Dubaku in the last seven hours have failed. She gives Jack lots of stern looks, and then turns her attention to Bill, wanting to know why he didn't come to her sooner. He gives her the old "I didn't know who I could trust, so I chose to form my own rogue team to go undercover/infiltrate Dubaku's crew and bring him down" excuse. Duh! He lets slip that Almeida is involved, and she calls Shenanigans. After all, Almeida is the one who put the device in Dubaku's hands. Bill tells her that giving the sociopath international terrorist the means to inflict great harm on America was necessary to the undercover operation. Madame Prez reminds them that their actions resulted in hundreds of deaths on the airlines, which prompts Zombie Spice Renee to pipe in and tell her that she was part of the FBI detail tasked with recovering the advice and everything the men are telling her are true. She goes on to state that, in her opinion, the loss of life was tragic but it also resulted in saving thousands of other lives. Despite being skeptical of Bauer and Buchanan, the Prez takes Renee's excuse making to heart, possibly because they are both members of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Vaginas, and asks "Where they go from here." Bauer pipes in again and tells her that they have to find Dubaku in order to figure out who he's working with in the government. Also, they have to continue doing it on the down-low and can't involve the FBI or Homeland, as they are both compromised.

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