Object

Secret Service Familiar Faces List

Agents pull the Secret Service Familiar Faces List during the White House lockdown and Situation Room huddle after Zoey's abduction. This roster of known individuals aids rapid identification amid roadblocks, bridge closures, and Qumari travel flags. Leo demands details from it as Butterfield updates, while Fitzwallace and McNally clash over attack profiles, sharpening the investigative edge.

2 appearances

Purpose

Identify familiar persons of interest or suspects in security threats

Significance

Drives real-time clue pursuit in Zoey crisis, exposes rifts in threat assessment, and personalizes Bartlet's fear by accelerating answers on her low-tech snatch

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Lockdown and the President's Fracture

The Secret Service Familiar Faces List is invoked as a concrete, procedural tool Fitzwallace cites for cross-checking in an hour — a bridge between personal security detail and broader threat identification, used to validate identities and flag potential insider knowledge.

Before: Maintained by Secret Service as an internal roster available for cross-check checks.

After: Scheduled to be cross-checked within the timeframe Fitzwallace mentions; queued for immediate operational use.

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S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Low‑Tech Abduction, High‑Level Uncertainty

The Secret Service Familiar Faces List is invoked by Fitzwallace as a necessary cross-check step (an hour to cross-check); narratively it represents a procedural constraint on immediate certainty about identities and timelines.

Before: Existing and available but not yet cross-checked against current leads.

After: Queued for cross-checking as part of the investigative timeline.

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