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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a secret agent in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a terrorist plot to foil.

My name is Tony Almeida. You don't know about me without you have watched a show called 24 by Mr. Joel Surnow, but that ain't no matter.

my name is jak bowr. i am riting this becoz the director told me i need to do things by the book. im gonna be a reel tuff ajent. sum reel bad men hav dun somefing reel bad, so ill cloze for today,

I have killed
the suspect
that was in
the integration room

and which
you were probably
holding
for questioning

Forgive me
He was so suspicious
so brown
and so Muslim

Happy counter-terrorism units are all alike; each unhappy counter-terrorism unit is unhappy in its own way.

One morning, as Jack Bauer was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a terrorist hostage.