Jim is an ex-CIA agent living in San Francisco, CA, pre-September 11th, 2001. Jim has always had a psychological fear of national security and personal safety. He has a paranoia about safety, terrorism, attacks, and invasions, which is what inspired him to get involved with the CIA to begin with. Jim no longer works with the CIA because his paranoia caused him to get into constant arguments with his colleagues regarding their personal beliefs on national security.
Since leaving his job at the CIA, Jim has become increasingly paranoid about the safety of his country because he is no longer privy to information regarding their safety. Jim is undertaking the task of increasing national security by taking over-the-top measures in order to ensure the security of citizens. His connections from his career with the CIA have allowed him to get in touch with Tom, the head of the Department of Homeland Security. Tom is very against increasing security measures because nothing has happened to the nation yet, and his agents working with him from across multiple departments of the U.S. government have no reason to believe that they are in danger. Jim's battle against Tom for implementing more security measures comes to an all-time high just as the date becomes September 11th, 2001 and the Twin Towers are struck.
After this attack, Tom is forced to take measures to protect his citizens and national security, finally realizing that you can never be safe enough. Although he does not become as paranoid as Jim is about security, but he begins to realize that the world is not as safe and loyal as it once was. Working together, Jim and Tom and the rest of the DHS begin to implement an overwhelming amount of security measures, even some that could be borderline in terms of breeching personal privacy rights.
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