Suspects' Allergy Medicine

Special Agent Casper cites allergy medicine during the White House Colonnade briefing as a cover term for pseudoephedrine-containing products bought by suspects in the Johnson County standoff. Bartlet, Leo, Casper, Fitzwallace, and Jordan reference these purchases as a clue tying the house to the Patriot Brotherhood and KSU bombing. The medicine points to covert precursor acquisition, likely for methamphetamine production amid the escalating domestic threat.

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S4E3 · College Kids

Bartlet Seizes Command — Domestic Standoff and Legal Reckoning

The 'allergy medicine' euphemism is used in the briefing to describe pseudoephedrine purchases; it functions narratively as a civilian-looking clue that masks illicit intent.

Before: Sold in retail stores and purchased by suspects under normal appearance.

After: Reinterpreted as incriminating evidence and a talking point in the President's briefing.

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S4E3 · College Kids

Manufactured Narrative and the Cost of Secrecy

Referred to colloquially as 'allergy medicine,' this item functions as a narrative shorthand in Casper's briefing to show how commercially available drugs were being diverted as meth precursors, sharpening the domestic-threat picture.

Before: Bought by the suspects from retail stores (three stores connected), in suspect possession.

After: Catalogued as evidence in the ongoing local/federal inquiry; remains part of the briefing record.

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