He might have done oral briefings. They are about ten minutes--tops. They usually pick a young person, often a girl, just to make it less onerous. They don't pick serious people.
By the way, McGovern is probably lying about that, since elsewhere it is said:
"McGovern served as a CIA analyst for almost 30 years. From 1981 to 1985 he conducted daily briefings for Ronald Reagan's vice president, George Bush, the father of the incumbent president."
June 23, 2003
Washington Lied
An Interview with Ray McGovern
Mark Pritzke: Washington Lied, an Interview with Ray McGovern
http://www.counterpunch.org/mcgovern06232003.html
These people lie their heads off to try to boost their credibility. I'm still convinced that's how Wilson came to out his wife.
Mr. Ray McGovern, former senior Analyst and PDB Briefer, CIA <-----VIPS
A PDB is "President's Daily Briefer." But here, presumably from his own mouth (as he was being interviewed) it's said:
"McGovern served as a CIA analyst for almost 30 years. From 1981 to 1985 he conducted daily briefings for Ronald Reagan's vice president, George Bush, the father of the incumbent president."
June 23, 2003
Washington Lied
An Interview with Ray McGovern
Mark Pritzke: Washington Lied, an Interview with Ray McGovern
http://www.counterpunch.org/mcgovern06232003.html
Which is it, Ray?
Again, from the anti-Semitic, anti-American hellhole known as AntiWar.com:
March 5, 2005
Who Now Will Read to the President in the Morning?
by Ray McGovern
...I did such morning briefings for the Vice President, the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Assistant from 1981 to 1985, each of them one-on-one – a procedure begun under President Ronald Reagan at the suggestion of then-Vice President (and earlier CIA director) George H. W. Bush. Our small team of briefers was comprised of senior analysts who had been around long enough to earn respect and trust. We had the full confidence of the CIA director, who, though himself very opinionated, rarely inserted himself into the PDB process.
Who Now Will Read to the President in the Morning? - by Ray McGovern
http://www.antiwar.com/mcgovern/?articleid=5078
So when McGovern claims to have briefed Reagan, he is lying.
He seems to do a lot of that.