Object

Suspects' Blueprints to the KSU Pool

Paper blueprints mapping the swimming pool at Kansas State University, seized from suspects' Iowa house during the raid. Agent Mike Casper presents them to President Bartlet, Leo McGarry, Jerry, and Morris in the Oval Office, confirming the pool as the intended bombing target and easing immediate domestic threat fears.

2 appearances

Purpose

Plan bombing attack on KSU swimming pool

Significance

Key raid evidence foiling domestic terror plot; links Iowa standoff to KSU bombing investigation; provides Oval Office team brief relief before international crisis pivot.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E4 · The Red Mass

Iowa Raid Debrief — A Moment of Relief, Then a Missing Plane

Blueprints to the pool at KSU are delivered as evidence in the debrief, clarifying the intended target and giving the FBI's victory a concrete public-safety dimension by revealing who or what was at risk.

Before: In the suspects' possession as planning material for the KSU pool attack.

After: Taken into custody by law enforcement and used to brief the President and senior staff.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

From Domestic Victory to Diplomatic Emergency — Ben Yosef's Missing Plane

Blueprints to the KSU pool are read aloud as the intended target, turning abstract seizure of materials into a concrete prevention of potential mass casualties at a known local site.

Before: Held by suspects at their Johnson County residence as part of attack planning.

After: Recovered by authorities and referenced in the briefing to indicate intent and target.

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