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Presidential Finding Authorizing Action Against Shareef

Copies slam onto the conference table, crisp pages etched with intelligence directors' signatures and President Bartlet's decisive approval, greenlighting lethal operations against Abdul Shareef. Lawmakers clutch their versions, eyes boring into justifications as Lobell's 'murder' accusation detonates, Leo's silence thickening the ethical haze while Fitzwallace backs the grim imperative.

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S3E21 · Posse Comitatus

Leo Faces Gang of Eight Grill on Shareef Assassination Finding

Copies of the Presidential Finding slam onto the conference table, clutched by lawmakers as Leo and Fitzwallace detail its origin from overwhelming intel evidence, NSA/CIA sign-offs, and cabinet approvals; it serves as the fulcrum for notification, legal grilling, and accusation, embodying executive intent to unleash lethal action against Shareef.

Before: Prepared, signed by intel directors and approved by cabinet, distributed to empty seats

After: Reviewed and held by Gang of Eight lawmakers post-notification

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