Force versus restraint at the Idaho survivalist standoff: advisers debate tactical assault versus negotiation; the moral argument for restraint is shattered when the negotiator is shot.

In the Oval Office a tense policy argument crystallizes: military advisers press for a rapid, forceful response to an armed Idaho standoff as the only way to preserve federal authority; …

At a state dinner's reception, Josh receives a terse dispatch: the FBI has taken the Idaho house, but the negotiator has been shot and lies critically wounded. Josh delivers the …