It really doesn't, not the Scott McClellan I've known for a long time. KARL ROVE (Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff): First of all, this just doesn't like Scott. Karl Rove, who left the White House last August, had this reaction to the book on Fox News's "Hannity and Colmes" program. McClellan says the Bush White House was dishonest in the way it sold the war, relying not on truth but on, quote, "a political propaganda campaign." McClellan now says the war was unnecessary and a blunder sold to the country in a way that ruled out any other option. But the broader assault in his memoir is on the Bush White House in general and the man McClellan worked for going back to the time the president was governor of Texas - McClellan's home state. But in his book, McClellan now says he was misled by both of them and by Vice President Cheney. Libby was later found guilty of charges related to the investigation of the leak. GONYEA: Of course the subsequent investigation revealed that Libby and Rove did talk to reporters about Valeria Plame. I had no doubt with that in the beginning, but I like to check my information to make sure it's accurate before I report back to you. SCOTT McCLELLAN (Former Press Secretary): I spoke with them so that I could come back to you and say that they were not involved. Here's what McClellan said to reporters then. Scott McClellan had to deal with the widespread belief that the leak came from someone inside the White House, either Karl Rove or Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis Scooter Libby. Part of that scrutiny was a disputed CIA report which led to the leaking of the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame. He also assails the White House for the overall case it made for the war in Iraq.ĭON GONYEA: Scott McClellan took over as President Bush's spokesman in July of 2003, three months after the start of the Iraq War, and at a moment when the White House case for the war was coming under a closer scrutiny. He's published a book titled "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." In the memoir, McClellan writes that he passed false information to the press after being lied to by Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. Today, the White House called former press secretary Scott McClellan disgruntled, and that is because two years after leaving the Bush administration, McClellan is speaking for himself. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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