NBC CIA IT PDB's ODNI's DI and PDA's..."State of Affairs" with Kathryn Heigl

      Washington - "State of Affairs" focuses on the details of being a spy and having to report to the President of The United States.  As "State of Affairs" focuses on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the CIA focuses back on "State of Affairs."  The CIA fact checks the National Broadcasting Company's (NBC's) drama.  This is done so the CIA can "counter popular myths and misconceptions," a CIA spokesperson says. 

     In "State of Affairs" a CIA analyst Charleston Tucker (Kathryn Heigl) presents the President Constance Payton (Alfre Woodard) her President's Daily Brief (PDB) by putting a small-briefcase size stack of papers on the President's desk, in the oval office.  The PDB that today's President's see are based on the first one that appeared in the 1960s, for then President Lyndon B. Johnson.  Today, the PDB is an Information Technology (IT) product co-ordinated by the Office Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence (DI).   Today's PDB's appear on Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). President Obama requested his PDB be delivered to him via tablet computer.  "State of Affairs" airs Monday's at 10:00 p.m. on NBC.  See whole story, www.entertainmenttonight.com.