Leo's Shareef Intel Notepad

Leo cracks open the notepad at Mrs. Landingham's grave, pages whispering under cemetery winds as he unveils hurried scribbles translating Shareef's intercepted parley with clerics—stark ink capturing coded vows of carnage beyond the botched bridge strike. Bartlet snatches the reveal, voice slicing the hush to read threats aloud, glasses discarded in grim focus while Charlie shadows the pivot from grief to peril.

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S3E20 · We Killed Yamamoto

Bartlet's Graveside Therapy Confession and Shareef's Menacing Intel

Leo opens his notepad to reveal hurried translation of Shareef's cleric threats, scanned by three Arabic experts; Bartlet reads the coded vows aloud—'The enemy imagines he is secure...'—Leo clarifies phrasing, transforming scribbled intercept into catalyst for command pivot from grief.

Before: In Leo's hand or pocket, filled with fresh notes from phone call

After: Opened and presented for reading, then closed as motorcade moves

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S3E20 · We Killed Yamamoto

Bartlet Presses Reluctant Leo for Shareef's Coded Terror Threat

Leo opens the notepad mid-walk to the motorcade, displaying hurried scribbles of the triple-verified Arabic translation from Shareef's Bechar meeting; Bartlet seizes and reads it aloud, elevating the object from private note to pivotal catalyst igniting assassination deliberations.

Before: In Leo's pocket or hand, freshly inscribed from phone intel.

After: Remains with Leo, contents now verbally disseminated and seared into Bartlet's resolve.

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