Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Outside the Oval, Josh intercepts a shaken Charlie and offers a private, grounding perspective: the President's brusque behavior is an exception born of grief. Bartlet …

In a quiet hallway-to-Oval sequence, President Bartlet meets Charlie Young, acknowledges the young man's recent, violent loss and converts that private grief into a public …

In a briefing-room scene that collapses ceremonial optics into urgent reality, C.J.’s fashion-focused press choreography is shattered as Josh, Sam and Toby deliver three simultaneous …

At a state dinner's reception, Josh receives a terse dispatch: the FBI has taken the Idaho house, but the negotiator has been shot and lies …

Amid Hurricane Sarah's thunder and flashing lightning, Danny breaks protocol to deliver urgent news — an FBI agent down after a raid in McClane, Idaho …

Over Bartlet and Leo slowly walking a hospital hallway, a pulsing montage intercuts urgent news VO: uncertainty on presidential authority transfer amid anesthesia, massive public …

Energized by a post-shooting epiphany, Toby pitches Sam a precarious surveillance plan: frame the assassination attempt as the work of 'at least three card-carrying members' …

C.J. bursts into Toby's office demanding the Asia-Pacific remarks, subtly probing his post-shooting psychological state and accusing him of shirking communications duties to play FBI …

In Leo's office a brittle ideological standoff becomes a turning point. Ainsley loudly asserts her Republican bona fides and contempt for the administration; Leo quietly …

After Leo's offhand disclosure that he even has an FBI file on her, Ainsley's righteous confrontation crescendos into a private, surgical recruitment. Leo reframes her …

In the White House Mess, Sam methodically explains the protracted pardon process to Stephanie, who stammers through an emotional plea about her dying father's desperate …

As Sam exits the Mess with Josh after committing to Stephanie's pardon plea, Josh probes the Gault case, then attempts to diffuse Sam's tension with …

Exhausted White House deputy Sam Seaborn strides into the FBI building and approaches the reception desk, demanding to see Special Agent Casper without an appointment. …

Sam Seaborn enters Agent Casper's office with feigned casual politeness, greeting 'Mike' amid mounting frustration over the Gault pardon quest. Casper slams the door assertively, …

In the FBI Field Office in Burlington, Vermont, Agent Greg urgently directs Joan to run an NCIC search on 'Yaarun Nabi,' which she recognizes as …

In a tense White House interrogation room amid the post-9/11 lockdown, an FBI agent probes Raqim Ali about suspected terrorist Khuram Sharif, linking him to …

In the tense interrogation room, an FBI agent probes Ali's Uzbekistan trip and past mosque ties, but a messenger interrupts: the real suspect is in …

In the tense Situation Room, Nancy briefs Leo on phone traces of C-4 in the Jerusalem suicide bombing. President Bartlet enters, verifies parental notifications, and …

On the moonlit portico at night, Chief of Staff Leo briefs President Bartlet that the Palestine Freedom Front—a Palestinian splinter group—carried out the Jerusalem suicide …

Alone in the congressional hearing room on Christmas Eve, Leo summons FBI agent Mike Casper to brief him on escalating threats—seven more black churches targeted …

In a tense hearing break, FBI Agent Mike Casper briefs Leo on seven new arson threats against black churches in Tennessee, with 25 agents and …

In a brief moment of levity under crisis, FBI Agent Mike Casper flirts with Donna Moss, acknowledging burning churches delay his advances. Josh Lyman brusquely …

In the Oval Office portico, President Bartlet receives urgent briefing from Leo, Fitzwallace, and advisors: FBI traces Bahji comms to Khaled Madani (aka Abdul Al-Yossi) …

Leo McGarry and Admiral Fitzwallace enter a charged conference room to notify the 'gang of eight' lawmakers of President Bartlet's signed presidential finding authorizing action …

Charlie conducts a blunt security vetting of Debbie Fiderer after troubling answers on her SF-86 and a letter the FBI reads as a possible threat …

FBI Agent Mike Casper briefs President Bartlet and Leo on the aftermath of the Iowa operation: explosives, pipes and fuses seized; one suspect killed, another …

In the Situation Room Nancy reports the FBI has located the suspects' van abandoned in Sacramento. The discovery, combined with a note about a torrential …

In the Situation Room the tone pivots from analysis to action: Nancy delivers the FBI update — the suspects' van was found abandoned in Sacramento …

Nancy delivers the first concrete progress — the FBI has located the crew of the container ship — and the room pivots from missing facts …

Immediately after Zoey's abduction the White House snaps into operational lockdown: Secret Service roadblocks, bridge closures and an Ops Center wired to the FBI, CIA …