I wonder the same thing... why would Palmer pick the crazy wife to talk to - I understand the president is an idiot but why not try to warn the former aid Mike Novick (sp)... or anyone at CTU?
And why would Palmer know in the first place? They haven't told us that yet.
7:40 A.M.
Logan comes to see his wife and she apologizes for making a scene. Martha thinks that Palmer was killed because of her. She explains that Palmer had called her yesterday and wanted to meet about something involving national security and Logan. The President wonders why Palmer didn’t call him directly, but Martha points out that he shut Palmer out of the White House. She was his only access. Martha realizes that her husband doesn’t believe her. "I am not crazy!" she exclaims. Logan promises that he will have Cummings look into it. He sweetly asks her to get ready for the Russian president’s visit.
8:25 A.M.
Jack asks Wayne if Palmer had done or said anything out of the ordinary. Wayne thought that Palmer was distracted. Jack pulls up an encrypted file and Wayne realizes it is the first chapter of the President’s memoir. They compare it to printed versions to figure out why this one was encrypted.
8:33 A.M.
Wayne sees that his brother added a name and address in the middle of a sentence. Jack has Chloe look up the name Chevensky at 16 Transport Way. The name and address are of a baggage handler at the Ontario Airport.
8:58 A.M.
Jack finds Chevensky’s office and pulls his gun on the man, demanding to know why Palmer was killed. Nathanson’s men set off a bomb to explode their van. Jack hears the noise and looks into the hallway. As he steps away, Chevensky takes a poison pill.
Not only do I find it extremely intruiging why Palmer was calling FLOTUS, but Jack is as confused about the reason for Palmer's assassination as I am. Clearly Palmer knew something (he had two years or so to work on things). Remember, he was involved in an operation in Serbia several years ago with Jack, and they were working on eliminating all those people. Now there's a Chechnian element in this. There's a link here somewhere to all that.
Last Season Palmer saved Logan's butt. Logan resented Palmer being the leader he knows he wasn't and banned all access to the White House from Palmer, so Palmer was trying to use the life time friendship with the President's wife to get information in.
The premise is a bit goofy, because there are two characters tonight that were featured that the Ex President had a relationship with.
#1 the Chief of Staff
#2 the Secret Service Agent who once was his guard.