Tom Lennox

Thomas Lennox was President Wayne Palmer's Chief of Staff during the events of Day 6.

Before Day 6

Before becoming Wayne Palmer's Chief of Staff, Thomas worked as the Policy Director for both Wayne Palmer's and David Palmer's presidential campaigns.

During the terrorist attacks over a three week prior to the beginning of Day 6, Thomas had proposed to President Palmer that detention centers be built to hold American Muslims, in an attempt to both protect the Islamic population in the United States and also to stop the terrorist attacks. Up until Day 6, President Palmer had decided not to implement Thomas' detention center plan.

Experience

Thomas has also worked for the Commerce Department, as both Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Secretary of Commerce, and as the Chief of Economic Development Administration. He has also worked at the White House as a Special Assistant to the President on the Domestic Policy Council.

Thomas had taught as a visiting professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the subject of political philosophy and at the University of Pennsylvania in the subject of American politics.

Education & Credentials

Thomas received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Yale University (graduating magna cum laude in three years) and a PhD in Government from Harvard Univerity.

He was a former member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and serves on the boards of the Georgetown Institute, the James P. Williams Center for Public Affairs, and the Catalyn Foundation. He has also published numerous articles and essays on topics including constitutional law, political philosophy, and public policy, and has co-edited several books.

Day 6

As Day 6 begins, President Palmer met with his advisors, including Thomas and National Security Advisor Karen Hayes. During this meeting, Thomas again suggested implementing his detention center plans. This idea was hotly debated by Karen Hayes, and was denied by President Palmer. Karen later confronted Thomas, after hearing rumors that Thomas had ordered the National Guard to prepare detention centers in stadiums in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Thomas denied going over the President's head, and explained that his orders were merely preliminary steps in case President Palmer changed his mind.

After Jack Bauer escaped from Abu Fayed, and claimed that Fayed, not Hamri al-Assad, was the leader of the terrorist attacks, Thomas advised that President Palmer should continue with the attack on al-Assadd, indicating that Jack had been out of the loop for some time, and that he may be mistaken.

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Day 6

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