When the whistleblower puts the data in the fake quarter it is a old eagle back quarter but when kirkman takes the quarter out of the evidence bag it becomes a statehood or territory quarter. The head design of the quarter changes.
Alex tells Tom he is the "first independent president" of the United States. George Washington, the first president, was also an independent, and John Tyler, the tenth president, was expelled from his party and served as an independent for most of his term.
Hannah Wells and the FBI friend are checking out the mission report. It says, at the place where it's signed: Captian of the Army Rangers.
Throughout the episode whenever MacLeish's military record is being discussed he is referred to as being in command of a "Ranger Special Forces unit". In the United States Army the Rangers and Special Forces are separate organizations and although the Rangers often operate in support of Special Forces they have separate chains of command and are designated separately on the organizational chart of SOCOM.
When agent Wells is looking at the picture of MacLeish with his special forces team, they are wearing the obverse version of the US flag (with the Union to the right) on left side of their uniforms. This version in made to be worn on the right side of the uniform.
During a b-roll shot of a highway, 2 electric highway signs were green-screened. However, they were left green instead of having something edited on/in them resulting in 2 bright green rectangles above the dark highway.
A signature block was used for the Captain. In addition to the spelling error, the signature block is incorrect. The report would have the officer's name in capital letters on the top line, the second line would have the rank and Army branch. The third line would have the duty position of the officer. AR 25-50 Preparing and Managing Correspondence. See figures 2-1 thru 2-10.
Agent Wells uses the term head of internal affairs for the FBI Agent coming out of Atwood's office. The agent later uses the correct term Office of Professional Responsibility. No FBI Agent would use the term internal affairs, they would either say Professional Responsibility or OPR.