Character

Analysts

analytical precise thorough

Analysts furnish essential intelligence during the Oval Office response to Zoey Bartlet's abduction. Leo reports their assessment: the ransom phrasing mirrors Qumar's Mufti's recent martyrdom call, which named three prisoners including Uzma Kalil and Shahab Kaleel, and matches a two-year-old Bahji cell's kidnapping of Eritrea's prime minister's sons. Their work ties the crisis to Qumari militants, links it to recent calls and historical incidents, and informs President Bartlet's order to deploy the 5th Fleet as a show of force.

2 appearances

Also known as: analysts

Analysts's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Ransom Fax — Zoey Held; Bartlet Orders the 5th Fleet

Clinically detached, focused on imparting the precise forensic picture to enable decisive action.

Delivers the toxicology result aloud—identifying the sedative and its contaminants—framing the medical reality that this was chemical incapacitation rather than accidental harm.

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S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Bartlet Sends the 5th Fleet — A Calibrated Escalation

Clinical and focused — emphasizes pattern recognition to inform response options.

Provides the analytic link between ransom phrasing and prior Mufti/Bahji communications, contextualizing the demand within a known extremist vocabulary and historical kidnappings.

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