that he remain as Special Agent in Charge of CTU. At the end of the day, Buchanan invites Hayes for breakfast, though she asks for a rain check. 24: Season 6 Karen returns to Day 6, now married to Bill Buchanan. She had also been appointed as the White House National Security Advisor to President Wayne Palmer, several months previously. She frequently argues with Tom Lennox over plans of creating detention facilities and presidential pardon for Hamri Al-Assad. She briefly resigns after Tom Lennox threatens to expose the files that show that her husband released Fayed who is revealed to be a terrorist. At one point, she reluctantly fires Bill Buchanan to save her career. However, Karen returns when she learns of a failed assassination plot against Wayne Palmer. She helps Wayne Palmer regain power when Vice President Noah Daniels attempts to launch a nuclear attack on the Middle East and when he invokes the 25th Amendment to become the President. When Phillip Bauer offers to trade this component in exchange for his grandson Josh Bauer, Karen decides to defend Josh's rights and opposes the deal. When Tom and Daniels go on to do so, she secretly helps Jack Bauer to intervene. Although she is arrested for insubordination, Tom persuades Daniels to grant a pardon to Karen and Bill who will resign in return. 24: Season 7 She is neither seen nor mentioned in Season 7, though her husband Bill Buchanan returned. However, in TV Guide, Howard Gordon explained that Bill and Karen were still together in Season 7; there was a scene explaining her whereabouts, but it was ultimately cut from the script. References Television characters introduced in 2006 24 (TV series) characters Fictional United States National Security Advisors Fictional Department of Homeland Security personnel Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel American female characters in television