Object
Raqim Ali's Backpack
In the shadowed gloom of a White House office at night, Raqim Ali's backpack hunches under scrutiny, a coiled wire protruding like a serpent's tongue that unleashes Leo McGarry's post-9/11 fury. Ali clutches it defensively, insisting the wire mends computers, but Leo's glare transforms this mundane satchel into a vessel of suspected treason, backpack straps taut against rising accusations.
1 appearances
Purpose
Carries personal items including a wire for computer repair
Significance
Triggers Leo's bias-fueled interrogation, shattering Ali's composure and exposing the raw human cost of profiling in a crisis atmosphere, paving the path for Leo's eventual reckoning.
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