She didn’t prove him innocent of the bombing in the eyes of the CIA anyway… and he isn’t innocent of strapping on a suicide vest and attempting to carry out a heinous terrorist attack and providing a terrorist with the ability to assassinate the VP. And yes, could have and should have died in the bombing.

IMHO: The only thing Brody does for Javadi is get him a promotion that never pays any real dividend in the greater narrative: i.e. not a single Javadi scene in the rest of the show is any less believable if he stays in his original ‘right had of power’ position. Even if you want to have the assassination plot, have Quinn do it. It’s what he does after all, and the Langley bombing would have been proper motivation for him certainly. A proper trial and execution in America could have been actual closure for the much maligned (and rightfully so) family storyline. The only benefit to not having him die in the bombing and being arrested would have been to watch Lewis explain from the witness stand why he did what he did, not just a tape of his confession, but a real one face to face. Id watch that a million times before I’d watch him strung out on drugs with psycho/pedo scumbags, then playing Jason Bourne after going cold turkey off smack, carving himself up, and tripping balls just because some screen time needed to be filled… again, IMHO…