“24” is Fiction, but Chemical Nerve Agent Threat is Real

“24” is Fiction, but Chemical Nerve Agent Threat is Real

For five seasons of Fox’s hit television show “24,” lead character Jack Bauer and his colleagues at the Counter Terrorism Unit have struggled to protect the United States from threats ranging from bio-terrorism to nuclear attack. This makes for great entertainment, but it also reflects real threats that we face in the world today.

The plotline for this season’s “24” focused largely on a terrorist threat involving a chemical nerve agent. While not considered as high impact as a nuclear device or biological agent, a chemical nerve agent is a much more probable weapon of choice.

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