If you want to see some real edgy stuff WRT the choices we have to make to stop terrorism, go back and look at the previous series these guys did: "La Femme Nikita".
I didn't know they had done that show, too. No wonder the set of "24" looks so familiar! One of the heads of CTU in an earlier season, the one with the daughter who had emotional issues, had also been head of the group on "La Femme Nikita" at one time.