In the season 5 episode `` Access '' , it is mentioned that the Casey Creek crisis occurred during Bartlet 's first term and got his presidency off to a calamitous start , and network footage of the crisis carries the date of November 2001 .
In the season 5 episode `` Access '' , it is mentioned that the Casey Creek crisis occurred during Bartlet 's first term , and network footage of the crisis carries the date of November 2001 .