Charles Logan

Charles Logan was Vice President of the United States of America under President John Keeler and became President under the 25th Amendment after Air Force One crashed during Day 4. When it was exposed that he was involved in most of Day 5's horrific acts, including President David Palmer's assassination and the selling of Sentox VX nerve gas to terrorists, he was removed from office.

Experience
Before being elected Vice President, Logan was the Lieutenant Governor of California. Before that, he served as a Representative in the California State Congress for Santa Barbara. At some point, he served in Congress along with David Palmer, but it is not known when in relation to other events.

He previously was the Vice President of Western Energy Coal & Reserve and later CEO, where he gained the honor of being named Energy CEO of the Year. Before joining that company he had been the Director of Pacific Nuclear Energy.

Logan has a B.A. degree in History from Princeton University.

Before Day 1
Two years before the events of Day 1, Charles Logan is seen in Washington DC walking in on then Senator David Palmer and Mike Novick, who had just been discussing the covert Operation Nightfall. Logan asks Palmer why he had stepped outside of his own fundraiser event. Palmer calmly answers that nothing "dramatic" is taking place and that he is merely tying up "loose ends."

Day 4
During Day 4, President John Keeler called Logan from Air Force One and told him that he believed the airplane would be attacked. When the airplane was shot down by Mitch Anderson, Logan was quickly sworn in as President under the 25th Amendment. One of Logan's first acts as President was to base himself and his staff in the White House Bunker, to protect himself from a possible terrorist attack. Logan ignored his advisor, Mike Novick, when he suggested the President should work from the Oval Office. Logan's fear about such an attack was, at times, very public as he expressed his certainty that a nuclear missile would be heading for Washington, DC and that he would not leave the Bunker until the threat was neutralized.

Logan was frustrated by the fact that the CTU seem to have had little luck finding Habib Marwan but makes matters worse when he takes too long to decide on certain issues. When CTU wanted to use force while interrogating Joe Prado, Logan took too long authorizing it so Jack Bauer was forced to take matters into his own hands.

When the CTU was close to capturing Marwan, Logan discovered that Bauer tortured Prado without his permission and sends the Secret Service to arrest him. The arrival of the Secret Service alerted Marwan and he was able to escape. Logan realized his mistake, released Bauer and asked David Palmer to come in and help him make decisions.

When David Palmer authorised the raid on the Chinese Consulate, Logan is furious that he wasn't asked and decided that, to stop an international incident, he would help the Chinese as much as possible in their investigations.

When the Chinese discovered that Jack Bauer was responsible for the raid on the consulate, Logan agreed to extradite him, even after everything he had done that day. Walt Cummings suggested that Bauer be killed to stop him releasing information to the Chinese and, although he didn't authorize it, Logan agreed that it should be done.

Day 5
Logan was still president at the start of Day 5 (Keeler's fate remains unknown). He was operating from the Presidential retreat at Hidden Valley near Los Angeles.

Logan was meeting the Russian President Yuri Suvarov to sign an anti-terrorism defense arms treaty. Logan, saw the treaty as the highlight of his Presidency would not permit any delays. He was startled by news of the assassination of former President Palmer but insisted the signing continue on schedule. The situation was further complicated when a group of east-European separatists attack a nearby airport and took several hostages. They demanded the treaty be renounced or they would begin executing hostages. Logan immediately ordered CTU to organize a rescue.

Another complication came from Logan's wife, First Lady Martha Logan, who insisted Palmer had tried to contact her to warn her of a possible attack. Logan was sympathetic but was skeptical given her history of mental illness. He eventually agreed to have her sent away to a mental health facility.

CTU was ultimately successful in rescuing the hostages and the treaty was signed on schedule, though one terrorist, a sleeper posing as one of the hostages, managed to escape with a large shipment of VX nerve gas.

Soon after, Walt Cummings (by this time Logan's Chief of Staff) came to Logan and admitted his involvement in everything that had happened but insisted it was for a greater good. He claimed the nerve gas would be released before it could threaten any American or Russian targets. Cummings' claimed the nerve gas threat would provide a justification for a stronger U.S. presence in Asia and promote a greater acquisition of oil from the region. Cummings told him the American agent monitoring the nerve gas had gone dark and even Cummings could not stop him now. Logan was appalled but did not see any way out of the situation.

Meanwhile, Jack Bauer, who had emerged from hiding to find Palmer's assassin, had discovered Cummings was involved and knew more that he had told Logan. After Jack managed to convince Secret Service agent Aaron Pierce to let him speak with the President, he was able to reveal the truth to Logan. Logan promptly ordered Cummings arrested. Unfortunately when government forces moved in on the location of the nerve gas, they found it missing and the American agent dead. The terrorists had apparently discovered Cummings' plan.

Logan had Jack temporarily reinstated with CTU, though both men agreed he would have to go back into hiding once the crisis passed, as the Chinese would still likely demand his extradition.

Logan also managed to stop his wife before she left the retreat. She initially reacted coldly to him for not having trusted her, though the two would soon reconcile and set about drafting a public statement about Cummings' actions. The public statement, however, was interrupted when Mike Novick informed them that Cummings had been found dead of an apparent suicide.

Later on, Logan grappled with how to handle Cummings' suicide. His wife encouraged him to tell the truth to the American people, but his other aides, including Novick urged him not to reveal Cummings' role in the nerve gas crisis for fear of the political ramifications that would have ensued. He chose the latter.

Later on, the terrorists Led by Ivan Erwich, with Bauer undercover, had taken a canister of the nerve gas into a mall in Los Angeles. Lynn McGill and Bill Buchanan urged Logan to allow them to use the gas in the mall, potentially killing up to 900 people, hoping they could catch the terrorists and find the other 19 canisters of nerve gas. Despite Audrey Raines and his wife's insistence that he not allow the mall to be gassed, Logan decided to go with the recommendation. Due to intervention from Jack Bauer, many lives were saved in this incident and only 11 people were killed. Despite Logan's relief, he did not deny that he was responsible for those deaths.

Immediately thereafter, Logan was forced to make a decision involving the Russian terrorists: give up the Russian President's motorcade route or risk the launch of the 19 remaining nerve gas containers on US soil. After several minutes of discussion with his wife and advisors, Logan decided to provide the terrorists with the route. However, as the motorcade departed, Logan's wife decided to join the motorcade behind his back. Logan agonized over the decision to not turn back the motorcade, and prayed with Mike Novick that the Russian President, his wife, and Mrs. Logan not be killed by the terrorists. His prayers were answered when CTU notified the motorcade in the nick of time. However,Vladimir Bierko have broken off the deal and would then commence targeting civilians.

By 11:00 p.m. it was discovered, through a conversation with former CTU agent Christopher Henderson, that Logan was responsible for allowing the VX nerve gas to be given to the Russian terrorists. Logan believed, as Cummings did, that the nerve gas would be taken back to Russia, where it would be remotely detonated, killing the terrorists. Logan was also complacent in the death of former President Palmer. Cummings, which involved in the conspiracy, was just a patsy.

Earlier that day, Martha Logan's aide, Evelyn Martin, had recorded a conversation between Logan and Christopher Henderson, proving Logan's involvement in Palmer's assassination. Logan ordered Henderson to retrieve the recorded conversation. Henderson revealed that Jack Bauer was en route to retrieve the evidence, which forced Logan into creating an executive order, sent to Homeland Security director Karen Hayes (who, at this point was in charge of CTU Los Angeles), calling for the arrest of Bauer.

Later in the hour, Logan attempts to placate Vice President Hal Gardner who had been put in charge of overseeing CTU through the terrorist crisis. Gardner claims that Bauer is a hero, but Logan again maintains that there is new evidence implicating Bauer. He tells Gardner not to question his authority.

Henderson and his men attempt to kill Bauer and Palmer as they exit the bank, but Bauer trips the bank's alarm, bringing the Los Angeles Police Department and the military, who engage Henderson's men in gunfire, and allow Bauer and Wayne Palmer the opportunity to escape in a squad car with the tape. Bauer then heads to Van Nuys Airfield to hand off the tape to Secretary of Defense James Heller, with the intent to bring down Logan.

Through Homeland Security, operating out of CTU, Logan learns that Bauer is at the airport. While Henderson is en route to the airport, Heller contacts the president to alert him that he will be at the retreat promptly. With time running out before Heller exposes Logan, Henderson is able to take Audrey hostage and force Jack to surrender the audio tape. Logan is almost forced to confess to Vice President Gardner, but Henderson alerts him that the evidence has been recovered in the nick of time. Logan then tells Gardner that he summoned him because Heller will be resigning for falsely accusing the president of killing David Palmer.

Later, a high-ranking co-conspirator behind Day 5 is revealed to be a man named Graham. He orders Logan to silence Martha, who knows too much. Logan confesses to Martha his culpability in Palmer's death and implores her to remain quiet for the good of the country.

With the help of Chloe, Jack discovers that the recording is handed off to someone on a diplomatic flight. Jack sneaks aboard the plane in an attempt to take it back. Chloe informs him that the copilot named Evans has worked for Chistopher Henderson. Jack threatens Evans at gun point to hand over the tape. Logan who becomes aware of this is told by Graham to order the plane to be shot down or risk being sentenced for treason and murder.

After Jack Bauer landed the plane, and escaped, Logan asked Mike to leave him alone. The President gets a wooden box from the mantle. He calls Graham. He says he needs to take care of some things to insure a trail doesn't take place. He opens the box...a gun is inside. The President loads the gun. He enters the room where his wife is. He asks for her forgivness. Martha ignores him. President Logan leaves the room.

Back in his office, he sits down. It shows that he left the gun in the case when he visited Martha. The President pours himself a drink. He grabs the gun. However, the phone beeps. He recieves a call from Miles Papazian. He tells him that Jack is at CTU with the recording. Logan tells Miles to interfere. Logan puts the gun away.

While traveling to the airfield where David Palmer's body is being airlifted to Arlington National Cemetary, he is abducted by Jack Bauer, who attempts to extract a confession. Realizing the interrogation for what it is, he refuses to cooperate, and he is recovered by Secret Service. However, he has a listening device implanted on his pen, which records a heated conversation between himself and Martha Logan during which he admits responsibility for the death of David Palmer, the release of Sentox gas on American soil, and the near attack of submarine missiles in the Port of Los Angeles. This recording is then used by Chloe O'Brian to convince the Attorney General of Logan's guilt. The Attorney General then orders federal marshals on duty to place Logan under arrest.

Day 6
Just before 4:00pm on Day 6, Phillip Bauer escapes before an apparent execution of Jack Bauer, but leaves his phone with a text message to call (310)-597-3781. When Jack places the call, he is connected to Charles Logan's cell phone, who claims to have information about Dmitri Gredenko's whereabouts, and tells Jack to meet him at his location.

Memorable Quotes

 * Charles Logan: I don't see where any of this becomes your business, Mike.
 * Mike Novick: I'll tell you where, Mr. President. I'm your Chief of Staff - if there's something going on that I don't know about that involves national security, it is my business.
 * Charles Logan: This isn't national security, Mike - it's our marriage.


 * Jack Bauer: What are the names of your co-conspirators?
 *  Charles Logan: There are no co-conspirators, because there is no conspir...
 * Jack Bauer: WALT CUMMINGS! CHRISTOPHER HENDERSON, and JAMES NATHANSON have all admitted to being part of this conspiracy, now they are dead! Right before Christopher Henderson died, he acknowledged that there were others, what are their names?
 * Charles Logan: A man will say anything under torture, this won't mean a thing.
 * Jack Bauer: Mr. Logan, I'm not here to torture you, but you are gonna tell what I want to know, or so help me God, I will kill you.


 * Jack Bauer: My name is Jack Bauer. Who am I talking to?
 * Charles Logan: I see you've exhausted all your options to find Gredenko.
 * Jack Bauer: Who is this?
 * Charles Logan: It's Charles Logan, Jack.

Appearances

 * Nightfall