Character

Special Operations Team

elite covert rapid-response proactive cooperative professional

President Bartlet proposes the Special Operations Team for a covert recovery mission: retrieve a crashed U.S. UAV ten kilometers west of Borsakova in Russian-held Kaliningrad. This elite unit anchors the administration's damage control after a White House sniper incident and failed environmental cover story during tense talks with President Chigorin. Their deployment highlights U.S. readiness for precise, high-stakes operations in adversarial territory, navigating diplomatic fallout and counterintelligence risks without direct engagement in this crisis.

2 appearances

Also known as: SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM, S&R team

Special Operations …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E20 · Evidence of Things Not Seen

Damage Control: The Kaliningrad Cover Story

N/A (unit is proposed/off-stage)

Mentioned as the unit Bartlet requests to insert ten kilometres west of Borsakova to retrieve the drone; they are not active in-scene but function as the proposed kinetic remedy to …

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S4E20 · Evidence of Things Not Seen

Cover Story Unravels — Chigorin Pulls the Plug

Not applicable (unit referenced as an asset rather than present).

Mentioned by Bartlet as the unit the U.S. would like to send to retrieve the crashed UAV ten kilometres west of Borsakova; not physically present but functionally central to the …

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