Rick Burke

Rick Burke was an interrogation specialist at CTU Los Angeles. He also worked at District Command during the interrogation of Jack Bauer.

Day 5
Burke was brought in to try and get Christopher Henderson to talk, and got him into CTU Medical before the Sentox VX nerve gas was released.

While in the clinic, Burke said that Henderson's nervous system was destroyed as a result of the interrogation, and he would never regain consciousness. Since there was apparently no hope of Henderson being of any use to CTU, Tony Almeida knocked Burke out and attempted to kill Henderson as revenge for his wife's death earlier in the day. However, Henderson either was faking the coma or came to, and killed Tony instead.

Later, Burke interrogated Audrey Raines when Collette Stenger named her as the source of the schematic for Wilshire Gas Company that Stenger sold to Vladimir Bierko.

Day 6
Burke appeared during Day 6 to assist in the interrogation of Graem Bauer. He was also standing by at CTU to interrogate Abu Fayed, but Jack and Buchanan decided to deceive Fayed and trick him into leading CTU to the bombs after it became clear that medical torture would yield no results.

After Day 6
At CTU's District office, Burke monitored Jack Bauer over a video camera as he was interrogated by Agent Jorge Ramirez about the death of Marcus Holt. Ramirez later authorized him to use a pharmaceutical package to continue the interrogation. Jack, who had previously had a working relationship with Burke, was surprised to discover that he would be the one interrogating him. Unknown to Burke, Agent Ryan had given Jack the key to his handcuffs, and before Burke could start the interrogation, Jack took him hostage and threatened to snap his neck. Using Burke as a bargaining chip, Jack convinced Ramirez to let him go, but not before promising that he would kill Ramirez the next time he saw him.

Background information and notes

 * Burke was mentioned by Jack Bauer and Mike Doyle during Day 6 10:00pm-11:00pm as a possibie outlet to extract information from the captured Abu Fayed.