24: Live Another Day2014

General Coburn:
We believe that this is Margot Al-Harazi crawling away from the wreckage. God knows how she survived.

President James Heller:
There were children there. So she was telling the truth.

Mark Boudreau:
Despite her claims, the majority of the people killed were members of a radical sect led by her husband.

President James Heller:
Well, why wasn't I told that there were civilian casualties?

Mark Boudreau:
We were in the middle of a fight to secure funding for the drone program. We needed to focus on the achieved objective, which was killing her husband.

President James Heller:
So you covered it up? Even from me?

Mark Boudreau:
I thought that the burden of specifics would distract you from the goal at hand.

President James Heller:
So you didn't think that you could trust me with the truth, that if I knew that we had killed civilians somehow I wouldn't lobby as hard as you thought.

Mark Boudreau:
I was protecting you. That's why you hired me. "No military action is purely surgical. And when the fight begins, collateral damage is always a factor, but our U.S. drone program lets us hit our enemies with the fewest civilian casualties." Those are your words, Mr. President. That's what you believe. And until I hear otherwise, I'm going to do everything I can to further that policy.