The Black Vera Wang

"The Black Vera Wang" is episode 63 of The West Wing. The title refers to a black dress by the designer Vera Wang. While C. J. Cregg (Secret Service code name: "Flamingo") gets used to being tailed by Secret Service Special Agent Simon Donovan (Mark Harmon), the President must deal with a terrorist threat on a military installation. The threat begins with a general assessment of risk for overseas bases, but then shifts to some installations on th... more

"The Black Vera Wang" is episode 63 of The West Wing. The title refers to a black dress by the designer Vera Wang. While C. J. Cregg (Secret Service code name: "Flamingo") gets used to being tailed by Secret Service Special Agent Simon Donovan (Mark Harmon), the President must deal with a terrorist threat on a military installation. The threat begins with a general assessment of risk for overseas bases, but then shifts to some installations on the East Coast--including the White House. A lead on a possible terrorist operative also puts the Supreme Court on a security alert. When a terrorist is arrested outside Oakland, the President and his senior staffers realize the terrorists had targeted the Golden Gate Bridge. As shocking as this information is, the true stunner comes when information from Russian sources leads to the possibility that a high-ranking Middle Eastern diplomat is the terrorists' leader, and the President says they need to get more data to make a definite assessment.... less