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NEWS ABOUT: Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer stories: 5 news summaries

 Bauer's Torture Ethics 
 Get Slapped on 24 

For 24 hero, torture
no longer cut and dry

Jan 10, 09 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - After years of shooting, shocking, drugging, and maiming terror suspects, Jack Bauer will finally be tortured—by his own conscience, Peter Finn reveals in the Washington Post. 24 opens its seventh season with its post-9/11 action hero testifying before Congress about his interrogation tactics. Bauer remains defiant, but he’ll... More »

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torture • terrorism • Jack Bauer • counterterrorism

He Can Stop Terror; Carbon's Another Story

Writer checks up on
24's new eco-mission,
finds mixed results

Jan 24, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Fox's 24 has its share of problems—Kiefer Sutherland's DUI imprisonment, rewritten scripts, the writers strike—but one writer still won’t give Jack Bauer a break, hitting the set to probe the show’s promise to reduce its carbon footprint. One exec congratulates himself on picking “our toughest... More »

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carbon footprint • Jack Bauer • biodiesel • Fox • Prius • Kiefer Sutherland • electronic scripts

'Model Prisoner' Sutherland Leaves Jail

24 star served 48 days for DUI, 'never griped'

Jan 21, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Actor Kiefer Sutherland walked out of a California jail today after serving all 48 days of his sentence for DUI and violating probation, People reports. The 24 star looked "glad to be out," said a prison spokesman. Sutherland did his time in an 8-by-10 cell, spending his birthday,... More »

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television • 24 • prison • alcohol • Jack Bauer • DUI • drunk driving • celebrity • Kiefer Sutherland

'24' Will
Elect Female Prez in '08

Cherry Jones to
inhabit Oval Office
in Fox thriller

Jul 23, 07 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United States will have a female president next year—and on Fox, no less. The political thriller "24" will feature Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor when the seventh season of Jack Bauer's technological derring-do kicks off in January.  More »

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television • Hillary Clinton • 24 • Jack Bauer • TV shows • counterterrorism • Dennis Haysbert • Joel Surnow • Cherry Jones • female • Fox • female president

Cheney Should TiVo 'Heroes'

The War on Terror could take some pointers from NBC show, says Juan Cole

May 30, 07 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the ratings on Jack Bauer's "24" fading almost as fast as those of George Bush's White House, it's time for the principals in the war in Iraq to start studying "Heroes"—the most-watched show on television this year—writes Salon's Juan Cole. In fact, think of... More »

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War on Terror • television • Dick Cheney • terrorism • Heroes • 24 • NBC • Jack Bauer • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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