Leo McGarry's personal psychological struggle with bias and post-Rosslyn trauma, manifesting in prejudiced questioning of Raqim Ali and culminating in remorseful apology after exoneration.
Leo McGarry's personal psychological struggle with bias and post-Rosslyn trauma, manifesting in prejudiced questioning of Raqim Ali and culminating in remorseful apology after exoneration.
Events in This Arc
In a hushed Leo's office at night, Ron Butterfield waits for the doors to seal before delivering chilling intel: terrorist Khuram Sharif, arrested hours earlier, named coconspirator Yaarun Nabi, whose …
A messenger agent informs Ron the real suspect is in Germany, clearing Raqim Ali after intense interrogation on his Uzbekistan trip and mosque ties. Relieved, Ali rises to leave but …
Under the strain of the White House lockdown, Leo enters Ali's office with solemn stiffness, awkwardly apologizing for his earlier prejudiced jabs about Ali's features resembling criminals and Muslim women …
Alone in the congressional hearing room on Christmas Eve, Leo summons FBI agent Mike Casper to brief him on escalating threats—seven more black churches targeted in Tennessee—dispatching Mike to support …
Post-Josh call, Jordan urges Leo into the hearing, but he stalls by suggesting breakfast, citing urgent church threats and National Guard needs to justify delay, insisting he's not nervous. Press …
Fresh from Bartlet's bolstering phone call, which Jordan overheard, she anxiously probes Leo about 'what's going on.' As Chairman Bruno calls him to swear in, her unease prompts another urgent …