Shahab Kaleel's Rented Minivan

Secret Service agents trace this rented minivan via partial license plate from Kinko's security camera footage. Shahab Kaleel rented it to reach the store and fax the Polaroid of drugged Zoey along with the ransom note. Ron Butterfield, Mike, Leo McGarry, Charlie Young, and President Bartlet cite it as prime evidence during Oval Office crisis talks on prisoner releases, Qumar withdrawal, and 5th Fleet positioning.

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S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Bartlet Sends the 5th Fleet — A Calibrated Escalation

The rented minivan (traced to Shahab Kaleel) is the likely transport used to fax the ransom picture; it functions as the physical link between the perpetrators and Dover/Kinko's evidence trail.

Before: Rented and used to travel to Kinko's to send the fax.

After: Identified in investigative lead; subject of an FBI APB and active pursuit.

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