Ryan Burnett

Ryan Burnett was the Chief of Staff for Senator Blaine Mayer as well as one of Colonel Iké Dubaku's contacts working in Washington D.C. in Day 7.

Day 7
Iké Dubaku, after sensing that he was in jeopardy of being captured in the US, called Burnett to arrange him a two-passenger FAA flight path for him to get out of the country secretly, since his visa had already expired. Burnett knew that this will dismay General Benjamin Juma, so he placed men in hidden areas and tasked them to take Dubaku out. When Dubaku observed the men, he threatened to submit to the Department of Defense a data file containing the names and bank transactions of everyone involved the conspiracy. Burnett gave in with Dubaku's demands for safe passage for him and his love interest Marika.

Burnett provides Dubaku the driver who will pick up Marika from her house. Later, he gets a call from Sean Hillinger, the mole in the FBI, about the entrapment operation for Dubaku. He instructs Sean to make sure Dubaku will escape, or both of them, along with all the others, will be exposed. Burnett called Dubaku to inform him that his girlfriend had just been turned by the FBI, much to Dubaku's dismay.

Ryan called Sean, demanding an update as to why Dubaku failed to show up at his private jet. Hillinger told him that he was currently working on a way to destroy Dubaku's confiscated computer list of his co-conspirators, and ended the call. When Burnett was called in by his boss, Senator Blaine Mayer, and told that they would be both be going to the White House, Burnett was worried. He received a text message from an unspecified sender hinting at an imminent attack.

Ryan's involvement was uncovered by Tony Almeida, who had interrogated someone in the crew of the recently-deceased David Emerson. Tony informed Jack Bauer, and asked his help in bringing down Burnett.