Today's Times takes a look at the newly refurbished Situation Room, "the presidential decision center under the West Wing that Hollywood imagines as a high-tech beehive of activity, where presidents command covert operations around the world." Even better,

Mr. Bush's new main conference room, just underneath the main floor of the West Wing, has six flat-screen televisions for secure video conferences, and the technology linking them to generals and prime ministers around the globe makes it less likely that the encrypted voices and images will go black.

It also ensures, if we're guessing correctly, that our nation's decision-makers won't ever miss and episode of 24 or The Sopranos or whatever the hell it is they're showing on the screen there. Nice to know that our next 9/11 is gonna be managed on a "What would Jack Bauer do?" philosophy.

Overhaul Moves White House Data Center Into Modern Era [NYT]