Reply #8: Jack's lack of manpower was sort of explained

[Tyrone Slothrop]

By the fact that the entire military and police staff were otherwise engaged with the nuclear plants melting down, massive evacuations, security breaches, Air Force One being downed, etc.

The fictional "24" events are a much more well-coordinated and well-orchestrated attack on the US than the real 9/11 was and look how well we were prepared to deal with those events -- which all took place within about 2 hours and didn't involve nukes or widespread evacuations at all.