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I think Claire's dad has some sort of blocking ability that compliments the Haitian's mind-blanking ability.
Not too sure though.

Anyway, when the idiot persuasive chick goes in to be all heroic, she instantly gets owned by him and his powers.

Doesn't explain why he couldn't break out when unsupervised though. He did have to use her to break the glass though.

Do we know the identities and powers of all 6 of the dead heroes from Suresh's list?