Mike Casper's C-4 Explosive

Mike Casper's tactical team proposes the C-4 explosive in the Situation Room to blast a hole through the house wall, combined with flashbangs for entry. The unresponsive boy, denied heart medication, drives the pitch. Bartlet authorizes without pause, Leo watches. No physical details surface; the name alone seals the high-risk shift from talk to breach.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

Presidential Greenlight: Explosive Rescue for a Sick Boy

The C-4 explosive is described as the chosen breaching tool to make a hole in the house’s wall; its planned use is central to shifting from negotiation to kinetic entry and signals a willingness to accept high-risk tactics.

Before: Catalogued in the tactical team's plan as the breaching method to be deployed by the 12-man assault unit.

After: Authorization granted for its use; it will be brought to the site for execution of the breach.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

Yosef's Shadow

The C-4 explosive is proposed explicitly as the tool to make an entry point into the house; Bartlet's authorization converts it from a tactical proposal into an approved plan element, shifting the meeting from negotiation to imminent assault.

Before: Discussed as the proposed breaching tool sitting conceptually on the briefing table; in possession of tactical planners.

After: Approved for use in the planned breach; responsibility for deployment handed to the assault team.

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