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A Secret Service bodyguard and driver of Roger Taylor. Vossler was also a mole for corporate mastermind Jonas Hodges, executive of Starkwood, and part of the massive conspiracy set up within the Taylor administration supporting Sangalan war criminals Benjamin Juma and Iké Dubaku. Vossler had a wife, Carol, and an 11-month old son, Conner.

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A Secret Service bodyguard and driver of Roger Taylor. Vossler was also a mole for corporate mastermind Jonas Hodges, chief executive officer of PMC Starkwood, and part of the massive conspiracy set up within the Taylor administration supporting Sangalan war criminals Benjamin Juma and Iké Dubaku. Vossler had a wife, Carol, and an 11-month old 11-month-old son, Conner.



* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Before his time as a Secret Service agent, he was a member of the US Special Forces and had served in Sangala for two years.



* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Wife and Son]]: In what is normally an antagonist's move, Jack, knowing that it'd be unlikely for him to break Vossler through torture in the time frame he had, used a hesitant Reneee to hold Vossler's family hostage to extract his compliance. It worked.

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* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Wife and Son]]: In what is normally an antagonist's move, Jack, knowing that it'd be unlikely for him to break Vossler through torture in the time frame he had, used a hesitant Reneee Renee to hold Vossler's family hostage to extract his compliance. It worked.



* TakingAThirdOption: He recommends against publicly announcing the threat to air traffic, but does propose taking steps to decrease that traffic until the threat has passed.

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* TakingAThirdOption: He recommends against publicly announcing the threat to air traffic, traffic but does propose taking steps to decrease that traffic until the threat has passed.



* CharacterDeath: A Drazen hitman garrottes him in a public bathroom.

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* CharacterDeath: A Drazen hitman garrottes garrotes him in a public bathroom.



* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Ellis was part of the U.S. Army Delta Force before he became part of the Senior Civilian Intelligence Coordinator for the Army with the Department of Defense and an advisor to the Senate's Special Defense Appropriations Committee.



* ObstructiveBureaucrat: At first, but really he's a:
** ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Under dire circumstances, he recognizes that Jack needs his help and he gives it.

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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: At first, but really really, he's a:
** ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Under dire circumstances, he recognizes that Jack needs his help help, and he gives it.
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* TheyDo: With Bill Buchanan, despite a very rocky start.
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* ProfessionalButtKisser: As Bill Buchanan is led in, handcuffed. Miles Papazian tries to get him to talk, but Bill dismisses Miles and calls him an ass-kisser.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Miles is a smug asshole who looks down his nose at everyone else while walking around giving off the impression he loves the smell of his own farts. Then it seems like he might redeem himself by helping Jack and Karen...and subsequently betrays them both.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Miles is a smug asshole who looks down his nose at everyone else while walking around giving off the impression he loves the smell of his own farts. Then it seems like he might redeem himself by helping Jack and Karen... and subsequently betrays them both.
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->'''Played By:''' Timothy Carhart

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->'''Played By:''' Eyall Podell

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* BaldOfAwesome: He's bald, and one of the most popular characters on the show.



* BaldOfAwesome: His head is shaved to the point of near-baldness and he handles himself well in both days he appears.



* BaldOfAwesome: He's bald, and due to his general RetiredBadass vibe he's very awesome.



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-->'''Aaron:''' There is nothing that you have said or done that is acceptable to me in the least. You are a traitor to your country and a disgrace to your office. And it's my duty to see that you are brought to justice for what you have done. Is there anything else, '''Charles'''?

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-->'''Aaron:''' There is nothing that you have said or done that is acceptable to me in the least. You are a traitor to your country and a disgrace to your office. And it's my duty to see that you are brought to justice for what you have done. Is there anything else, '''Charles'''?'''''Charles'''''?
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* AscendedExtra: Initially only another supporting Secret Service agent with a few lines, he's become the only character besides Jack to appear in every season (besides season 8).

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* AscendedExtra: Initially only another supporting Secret Service agent with a few lines, he's become also the only character besides Jack to appear OnceASeason for the first seven seasons; the only one he misses is Season 8.
* BadassNormal: While ''24'' doesn't exactly have superpowered characters, Aaron Pierce is still one of a ''very'' small number of characters who 1. Appeared
in every the first season (besides season 8).of the show and 2. Wasn't ever killed off.


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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: while this trait expresses itself rather differently in the universe of ''24'', Aaron has it, and is one of the relatively few characters who does (alongside Jack, Chloe, Bill Buchanan and, to a lesser extent, Renee Walker). This is a big part of why he's continually brought into events, even after retirement: they know he can be trusted.
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->'''Played By:''' Jayne Atkinson

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->'''Played By:''' Patrick Kilpatrick

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->'''Played By:''' Christina Chang

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->'''Played By:''' Gil Bellows

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->'''Played By:''' Gil Bellows
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->'''Played By:''' Mark Kiely

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Most NSA directors were not four tar flag officers.


* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: In real life, the director of the NSA is always a four star general or admiral, but Stanton appears to be a civilian.

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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: In real life, the director of the NSA is always a four star general or admiral, but Stanton appears to be a civilian.
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* OnlySaneMan: He's quite possibly the only person in the entire Taylor administration knows what the fuck he's doing at all times. Notably, he's the only one who doesn't make a mind boggling bad decision at any point.
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* LackOfEmpathy: While Karen at least tries to be sympathetic during the transition of command, Miles has no problem mocking, belittling, and harassing the CTU staff who just watched half their coworkers and friends die in the nerve gas attack.

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* BaldOfAwesome: His head is shaved to the point of near-baldness and he handles himself well in both days he appears.
* DistressedDude: He's among the hostages during the takeover of the White House.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He's unaware of Taylor's efforts to cover-up [[spoiler: Hassan's death]].
* NiceGuy: He's respectful to Taylor and appreciative of Jack, and is the one who promotes Chloe to head of the CTU New York Branch.


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* OhCrap: He has a bit of this upon finding out that [[spoiler: Charles Logan has shot himself when they need him to call off the hit on Jack]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Questions Taylor's decision to meet with Jonas Hodge, who he distrusts, and sure enough, during that very meeting, gets a call from Hack that leads to him [[spoiler: matching into the Oval Office to arrest Hodge]].
* TakingAThirdOption: He recommends against publicly announcing the threat to air traffic, but does propose taking steps to decrease that traffic until the threat has passed.


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* YouHaveFailedMe: Recommends firing [[spoiler: Brian Hastings]], which Taylor agrees to.
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->'''Played By:''' Harris Yulin

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* HateSink: Spends just about all his screentime being a SmugSnake and all-around dick to anyone resembling a good guy in Season 5; ultimately solidifies himself as this after destroying the evidence against Logan.
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!!Dr. Sunny Macer
->'''Played By:''' Christina Chang
The Technial Director of National Health Services during the third season.

* TheBusCameBack: After assisting CTU against the Corilla Virus during Day 3, she returns four seasons later to help the FBI after discovery of the Starkwood bio-weapon.

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%%* ImplacableMan

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%%* ImplacableMan* ImplacableMan: The guy's helped fight off the forces of both Vladimir Bierko and Benjamin Juma and both times he came out ticking. Even after suffering some injuries in the latter case, he was still able to assist Ethan Kanin recover some data in exposing Olivia's coverup.
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* AssholeVictim: Given his involvement in aiding Juma and Dubaku, it's hard to mourn him after he dies.

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