President Bartlet's profound internal moral torment over authorizing the covert assassination of Abdul Shareef, clashing duty against ethical revulsion amid legal barriers like Posse Comitatus and executive orders.
President Bartlet's profound internal moral torment over authorizing the covert assassination of Abdul Shareef, clashing duty against ethical revulsion amid legal barriers like Posse Comitatus and executive orders.
Events in This Arc
In the Situation Room before Bartlet's arrival, Leo McGarry fiercely challenges Admiral Fitzwallace on the Pentagon's failure to cancel President Bartlet's meeting with Abdul Shareef, uncovering it was intentionally preserved …
In the shadowed theater hallway during intermission, Leo corners President Bartlet, methodically eroding his resistance to assassinating Qumari Defense Minister Abdul Shareef. Leo counters Bartlet's legal plea for a trial …
In the Situation Room, Admiral Fitzwallace awaits confirmation as snipers at a remote landing strip fatally shoot Abdul Shareef and his bodyguards upon their plane's arrival. The sniper retrieves the …