Character

Hackley

discreet knowledgeable professional

Hackley ranks among the tight circle privy to the Casseon antitrust settlement details, including 100,000 computers for classrooms. Leo names Hackley alongside the President, senior counsel at Treasury and Commerce, and two or three NEC staff when pinpointing leak suspects amid dual press threats on DOJ intervention and a classified NASA report. This places Hackley in the White House's economic policy core, handling sensitive antitrust negotiations that blend education funding with legal scrutiny, their discretion now central to crisis containment.

2 appearances

Hackley's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E21 · Life on Mars

Double Leak: NASA Suppression and DOJ Settlement Force Leo's Hand

Not present; implicitly defensive of institutional secrecy (inferred).

Hackley is named by Leo among the handful who were briefed on the Casseon deal — invoked to show how small the knowledge pool was and thus narrow the likely …

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S4E21 · Life on Mars

Leo Converts Rumor into Crisis: Mars, Money and the Leak

Implicated-by-association (inferred) — a defensive posture is likely.

Hackley is named by Leo among the few who knew settlement terms; cited as part of the leak-tracing constellation though not present in the scene.

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