The conservative jurist stuck up for Agent Bauer, arguing that fictional or not, federal agents require latitude in times of great crisis. "Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. ... He saved hundreds of thousands of lives," Judge Scalia said. Then, recalling Season 2, where the agent's rough interrogation tactics saved California from a terrorist nuke, the Supreme Court judge etched a line in the sand.
"Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?" Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges. "Say that criminal law is against him? 'You have the right to a jury trial?' Is any jury going to convict Jack Bauer? I don't think so.
I firmly believe that the show "24" was developed by FOX to get Americans comfortable with the idea of torture by creating these horrible circumstances and then having the heroic Agent Bauer use extreme measures to save the day.
And the simpletons in the Republican party are buying it hook, line, and sinker. I wonder if the voters are that easily fooled as well.
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hmmmmm....now if we could just call Jack do battle with them Evil Doers in the White House....
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