Evidence of Things Not Seen

Act 1

Leo: Two things I want to put on your radar.

Bartlet: Yeah...

Leo: There was a bombing at a nightclub in Kuala Lumpur, and they've got a suspect in Berlin who was trying to explode a device at the Brandenburg Gate.

Thing = possible items of concern
Act 2

Josh: Don't forget to sign this thing. They just had a whole...

Joe Quincy: Yeah.

Thing = SF-86 (security clearance questionnaire)
Act 4

Toby: What's in Cheyenne?

Will: A number of us are being sent out to investigate something that happened a few days ago.

Toby: What happened?

Will: You know, it's one of those things that sounds worse when you say it out loud 'cause it makes people kind of nervous.

Toby: What happened?

Will: Uh, two guys failed to follow through on an order to fire their rockets at what was thought to be an incoming ballistic missile from North Korea. Turns out it was a good thing they didn't, 'cause the missile was a meteor, and rather than it being from North Korea, it was from, you know...

Toby: ...outer space.

Things = stories A good thing = blessing in disguise
Act 4

Joe Quincy: I'm in the doghouse with a number of people at the National Committee.

Josh: Why?

Joe Quincy: A memo that I wrote for the Solicitor General arguing that the Supreme Court should uphold regulations that limit soft money donations to political campaigns.

Josh: Oh no, that's the kind of thing that's got to wind you up in GOP jail for the same amount of time as...

Joe Quincy: ...as a Democrat who speaks out against abortion?

Thing = opinion
Posted by Philateley at April 23, 2003 10:19 PM