[Ninong]

Excerpt:

The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.

There was one problem. It was not true.

I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the president himself. -from What Happened

Here.

P.S. -- We already knew they lied to him about the Valerie Plame Wilson leak. If that's all there is, his book won't do very well.

[Ninong]

Valerie Plame Wilson just released the following statement:

Nov. 20, 2007 10pm EST

Santa Fe, New Mexico--I am outraged to learn that former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan confirms that he was sent out to lie to the press corps and the American public about two senior White House officials, Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby who deliberately and recklessly revealed my identity as a covert CIA operations officer. Even more shocking, McClellan confirms that not only Karl Rove and Scooter Libby told him to lie but Vice President Cheney, Presidential Chief of Staff Andrew Card, and President Bush also ordered McClellan to issue his misleading statement. Unfortunately, President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's felony sentence has short-circuited justice.

Vice President Cheney in particular knew that Scooter Libby was involved because he had ordered and directed his actions. McClellan's revelations provide important support for our civil suit against those who violated our national security and maliciously destroyed my career.

[zhenya]

George,

I'm not sure what all this rats are trying to achieve coming out of sorts. Where the hell were they when all this crap was happening? Oh, wait, they were too busy covering "W"'s butt.

Oh,well... I hope Valerie can kick both of their asses in civil court, they sure do deserve it.

[SPasse]

Hi All,

This is also interesting as Scott McClellan was known for his “discretion” (Keeping his mouth shut)

Of course McClellan’s publicist was trying to grease the skids for book and the actual quote was rather ambiguous.

Still this is the traditional period in a lame duck presidency where the rats abandon ship so I would expect more to come…

Regards,

Scott