Foreign Nationals

vulnerable anxious detained

Foreign nationals detained by the FBI serve as key suspects in a container ship-related crisis. Leo McGarry probes interrogation rules for them in the Situation Room, prompting Nancy McNally to outline protocols: seven days' isolation and a well-lit room for sleep deprivation, as Fitzwallace confirms. Their foreign status elevates procedural scrutiny, exposing ethical tensions in U.S. national security tactics amid operational updates on the ship's crew.

2 appearances

National Security Interrogations

Foreign Nationals's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E22 · Commencement

FBI Accounted; Interrogation Option and Leo's Final Roll Call

Not directly depicted; implication of vulnerability and exposure to harsh procedures.

Foreign nationals are referenced as the legal category governing detention rules; they are the population whose rights, interrogation, and holding are being debated implicitly.

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S4E22 · Commencement

Well‑Light Room — Sleep Deprivation Exposed

Absent from the room; their emotional reality is implied — exposed, subject to coercion.

Foreign nationals are invoked as the category to which the detention rules apply; they serve as the hypothetical subjects of the well‑light room and sleep‑deprivation tactic.

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