Brilliant CIA analyst turned DCI, known for strategic thinking and combat skills.
Bennett authorizes covert operations and sends Ryan to negotiate asset seizures, establishing a direct chain of command.
Cutter secretly manipulates operations and betrays Ryan, who later uncovers evidence of his conspiracy and pre-emptive pardons.
Clark captures Ryan but quickly realizes they are both pawns, leading them to team up and escape together.
Ryan assumes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence when Greer undergoes cancer treatment and later attends his funeral.
Ryan is sent to negotiate asset seizures against Escobedo and later warns him of internal cartel deception.
Jacobs is killed in the ambush on Ryan's convoy, prompting Ryan to investigate the attack and identify the mastermind.
Murray accompanies Ryan on the diplomatic mission and is killed during the cartel ambush.
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