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[Machine Translation] Four years after the Bauer father-son confrontation over the superpower military machine, the CTU has been dismantled in Washington, D.C. Jack is attending a Senate hearing on allegations of human rights violations in a past investigation. FBI agent Rene appears and requests Jack's cooperation. A Homeland Security infrastructure protection system designer has been kidnapped, and someone Jack knows well is behind it. Jack could not believe his eyes when he saw a photograph of the suspect. It is Tony, a former colleague who is supposed to be dead. Meanwhile, Taylor, the first female U.S. president, has launched a military intervention in the African country of Sangala. Her husband Henry is secretly pursuing the truth about the death of their son Roger. The hearings resume in less than 24 hours. The longest day of Jack's life has begun...

超大国の軍機をめぐるバウアー父子の対決から4年後、ワシントンDC。CTUは解体され、ジャックは過去の捜査における人権侵害の疑いで上院の公聴会に出席していた。そこへFBI捜査官ルネが現れ、ジャックに協力を要請。国土安全保障省のインフラ防護システム設計者が誘拐され、その背後にジャックのよく知る人物がいるという。容疑者の写真を見たジャックは目を疑った。それは死んだはずの元同僚、トニーだったのだ。一方、女性初の米国大統領テイラーは、アフリカの政情不安国サンガラへの軍事介入に着手。彼女の夫ヘンリーは、秘密裡に息子ロジャーの死の真相を追っていた。公聴会の再開まであと24時間弱。ジャックの人生で最も長い1日が始まった…。