Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | 221 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Class Reunion, Without the Class
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2009.01.11
In the meeting that's currently happening in the Oval Office -- a completely different meeting than the one before -- Tim from Homeland Security reports that flights have been landing safely so far, but the threat of sabotage remains and it could take NSA weeks or months to rewrite the code to lock out the hackers. Taylor asks a Dr. Cornell about their vulnerability, and gets a little PowerPoint presentation in response. In addition to air traffic control, there's the national power grid, whose loss would result in widespread rioting; and the national water treatment and distribution systems, the invasion of which would make the nation's water supply vulnerable to contamination, leading to mass poisoning and dehydration. And the only way to protect the systems would be to shut them down, which would lead to supply shortages and civil unrest. Considering how paranoid the 24-verse is about terrorism, they sure do make their vital systems vulnerable. As Cornell's assistant hands out projections, Ethan gets a cell phone call and steps out to the hallway to take it. Because it's probably something more important than the various terror threats currently facing the country, right?