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The Presidential Campaign

Novick had been a close advisor and staff member of David Palmer since Palmer's first Senate run. Whereas Palmer tended to be bold and idealistic, Novick was more cautious and pragmatic, though Palmer nonetheless valued his consul. When Palmer sought nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate, Novick stayed alongside the Senator as his chief of staff. Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer David Palmer is a fictional character played by Dennis Haysbert as part of the television series, 24. ...

The day of the California presidential primary would prove to be an especially daunting one for the Palmer campaign for a number of reasons. First was the troubling revelation that Palmer's son Keith had killed the man who raped Palmer's daughter Nicole. Even more troubling was the revelation that Palmer's wife Sherry had concealed this from Palmer, supposedly to protect him.

When Palmer began investigating he found that certain men with a vested interest in seeing Palmer get elected were determined not to let this scandal come out at any cost. Things took a startling turn when Keith's therapist, Doctor Ferragamo, with whom Keith had confided about what he had done, was killed in a fire shortly after speaking with Senator Palmer. Novick, however, insisted that they had no proof that these individuals were responsible.

Keith, however, would later acquire damning evidence against these men when he secretly recorded a conversation between himself and Carl Webb, a man working for them. Sherry insisted that nothing good could come from revealing the contents of the tape to the public and urged Palmer to detroy it. Novick, on the other hand, suggested Palmer keep it as leverage against these men once he gets to the White House. In the end, Palmer rejected both options and revealed the enitre story to the press. Amazingly, polls taken shortly after the announcement revealed that the public was not disillusioned by the scandal but impressed by Palmer's honesty.

The second threat to Palmer campaign that day came in the form of a threat on Palmer's life, later learned to be orchestrated by the family of Serbian war criminal Victor Drazen in retaliation for Operation Nightfall an illegal covert operation into Kosovo to eliminate Drazen two years earlier, which Palmer had authorized. Palmer managed to survive two attempt on his life, thanks to the intervention of CTU agent Jack Bauer. Operation Nightfall is a fictional operation that occurred on the Fox TV show 24. ... Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova, Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija), in English most often called just Kosovo, is a province of Serbia. ... Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer Jack Bauer is a fictional character played by Kiefer Sutherland as part of the television series, 24. ...

Though Palmer would go on to win the nomination, his wife's manipulations during the day caused his faith in her to deteriorate to the point where he announced he was leaving her. Evidently, this did not disrupt the campaign significantly either. After winning the nomination, Palmer would go on to win the election. Novick stayed on as Palmer's White House Chief of Staff. The White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. ...

Chief of Staff to the President

Over a year after the primary, Palmer's administration was faced with an immense threat to national security: word came that a nuclear bomb was going to be detonated by terrorists in Los Angeles within a day. Upon hearing the news, Novick immediately got on a plane to reach the President. He was surprised to find Palmer's ex-wife Sherry there when he arrived, as she had apparently convinced the President to let her help in gathering information. Given her deception in the past, Novick was unsure if she could be trusted and told Palmer so This article is about the largest city in California. ...

When evidence surfaced that Roger Stanton, the head of NSA, may have been hindering the search for the bomb, Novick urged Palmer to relieve Stanton of duty and have him interrogated. Palmer did so and was surprised when Stanton implicated Sherry Palmer as well. NSA can stand for: National Security Agency of the USA The British Librarys National Sound Archive This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Eventually the bomb was located and detonated a safe distance from the city. In addition, a recording was found implicating three Middle Eastern countries in collaborating with the terrorists. Accordingly, retaliatory strikes were immediately planned against the three countries. Palmer, however, suspended the attack when Jack Bauer contacted him with tentative evidence that the recordings were false.

Betrayal

Despite his long-time loyalty to Palmer, Novick strongly opposed the President's decision to suspend the attacks based on only the faintest of evidence that the recordings were false. So strong was his opposition that Novick conspired with Vice-President James Prescott to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Palmer from office and appoint Prescott as Acting President. Novick was forced to have Palmer's chief aide Lynne Kresge detained when she learned of this. He was horrified when Kresge was severely injured attempting to escape but did not waver. The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, a heartbeat from the presidency. ... Amendment XXV (the Twenty-fifth Amendment) of the United States Constitution clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution regarding succession to the Presidency, and established procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. ... Acting President of the United States is a temporary office in the government of the United States, established under the auspices of the Constitution of the United States, particularly its 25th Amendment (ratified in 1967). ...

After presenting Palmer's apparently questionable actions to the Cabinet, they voted, by a narrow margin, to invoke the 25th Amendment. Once Prescott was sworn in as President, he immediately ordered preparation for the attack to resume. Palmer was furious at his long-time friend's betrayal. Novick, for his part, seemed to become more disillusioned as the hours passed.

After learning that the entire situation may have been orchestrated by a businessman named Peter Kingsley, Novick finally took action. He ordered CTU to assist Jack Bauer, who had gone rogue in attempting to find evidence the recording was false. With the assistance of CTU and Sherry Palmer, Bauer was able to obtain a recording in which Kingsley implicated himself. Prescott immediately aborted the attack and restored the presidency to Palmer.

Prescott and the cabinet members who voted against Palmer offered their resignations, though Palmer did not accept them. Novick's betrayal was far more personal to Palmer, however. Though he had come through in the eleventh hour, Palmer could not forget Novick's prior actions and relieved him of his post.

Novick was later succeeded as Chief of Staff by Wayne Palmer, the President's younger brother. Ironically, a personal indiscretion committed by Wayne initiated a chain of events that led to the deaths of three people including Sherry, and prompted Palmer not to seek reelection.

Logan's Administration

At some point, Novick switched parties and joined the staff of Charles Logan who served as Vice-President under Palmer's successor, President John Keeler. When Keeler was critically injured in a terrorist attack on Air Force One, Novick once again had the cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment to install Logan. Once again the President and Novick faced a grave crisis when a terrorist leader named Habib Marwan stole several activation codes for the nation's nuclear arsenal from the wreckage of Air Force One, eventually assembling and launching a nuclear missile. Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ...

Unfortunately, Logan proved a somewhat ineffective leader. When a order from Logan jeopardized the hunt for Marwan, Logan began to question his ability to govern during the crisis. Novick suggesting bringing in former President Palmer as an advisor. Novick offered to leave if Palmer was unwilling to work with him, though Palmer asked Novick to stay.

Palmer worked closely with Novick and became directly involved in executive decision making while Logan became increasingly isolated. Logan eventually became wary of Palmer's actions, particularly the authorization of government agents infiltrating the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles, which led to the accidental death of the Chinese consul. Despite several setbacks and close calls, CTU and military officials were able to find and destroy the missile before it hit its target.

A second crisis emerged almost immediately thereafter, when Chinese officials linked Jack Bauer to the infiltration of the consulate and demanded his extradition. With no other options, President Logan appeared to concede their demands. Soon after, Novick overheard Walt Cummings, Logan's chief of security, instructing the secret service agent sent to pick Bauer up to kill him instead, apparently concerned at the idea of a man with Bauer's information falling into the hands of the Chinese. Logan had previously rejected Cummings' proposal to dispose of Bauer though Novick was certain that was what he wanted all along.

Novick warned Palmer, who in turn warned Jack. When Jack staged an escape attempt and, with the help of some of his CTU friends, faked his own death and went into hiding. Logan was satisfied to have this last loose end apparently tied up. Novick and Palmer, however would be two of only a handful of people who knew the truth.

Future

It was announced that the characters of Mike Novick along with David Palmer and Michelle Dessler would all be appearing in at least the first episode of season 5 implying that one of them (or possibly all three) will be killed in the episode.