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The CIA has been using Twitter to correct inaccuracies in Katherine Heigl's new NBC show, State of Affairs
The CIA has a new, not-so-secret mission: to watch and debunk Katherine Heigl's new espionage drama, State of Affairs. As first noted by TMZ, the agency has been using its Twitter account on Mondays — when new episodes air on NBC — to correct or clarify the show's portrayal of its inner workings.
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State of Affairs stars Grey's Anatomy alum Heigl, 36, as Charleston Tucker, an agency analyst in charge of presenting the President's Daily Brief, or PDB. A CIA spokesperson told TMZ that tweeting about the series helps to "counter popular myths and misconceptions."
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The most recent instance of this occurred on Monday, Dec. 1, when Heigl's character was shown debriefing Alfre Woodard's President Constance Payton. In Woodard's hands was a folder full of papers — but in real life, the CIA says, the Commander in Chief gets his info on an electronic tablet.
Style, format & presentation of the #PDB are based on the preferences of the current president. President Obama asked for it electronically.
The actor portrayed George W. Bush in the 2008 film W. “Everyone said, ‘Why would you want to do that?’ And most of my friends continued to ask ‘why’ until it came out,” he told MTV News in November 2009. “I don’t know how we’re getting the praise and accolades we’re getting. It’s amazing to […]
TMZ also cited an example from an earlier episode, when Charleston met in person with some agency operatives. On Monday, Nov. 25, the CIA tweeted that face-to-face gatherings are actually very risky, and that it's safer to exchange information via a "dead drop."
The most dangerous type of communication between agents and their handlers: direct, face to face contact. One solution: use a #deaddrop
State of Affairs does have at least some inside scoop, though — one of its producers is Rodney Faraon, who used to be a member of the President's briefing team.
