Slog - Comments on Dept. of Better Late Than Never http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never Now Scott McLellan tells us. In a leaked excerpt from his upcoming memoir, he writes that he lied to the press about the roles of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby in the CIA leak case. Who told him to? Sounds like he's pointing at President Bush, among others: 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... Copyright 2008 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:18:21 -0800 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:28:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by President Bush Nu uh.

]]> President Bush http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853453 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:24:09 -0800 Comment by Cleve This is criminality in the White House.

when will the impeachment investigation start?

]]> Cleve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853461 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853461 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:30:23 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Notice the word "unknowingly," which exonerates the writer from charges of perjury. That word seems to come up a lot in these "revelations."

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853462 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:30:32 -0800 Comment by JessB The Press Secretary lied? Surely you jest.

]]> JessB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853478 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:40:10 -0800 Comment by Daniel Duh !!! (But, likely still not the whole truth)

]]> Daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853483 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853483 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:41:57 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew

@ 2,

Never is a very long time.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853485 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:42:53 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC Seems like the proper response to this revelation would be, oh I dunno, some time in prison. Though I'm old-fashioned that way.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853501 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:57:41 -0800 Comment by tsm @3 - why would he ever face perjury? He wasn't under oath at press briefings. He's just trying to not look like a lying piece of shit, that's all.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853531 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:16:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Time for impeachment trials for Bush and Cheney.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853558 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:28:17 -0800 Comment by Madge-YoursoakingINIT! FU*K BUSH!!!

And while you're at it impeach our president too!

]]> Madge-YoursoakingINIT! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853559 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853559 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:29:39 -0800 Comment by Greg Day late / dollar short, Mr. White House Mouthpiece. But thanks for playing.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853562 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:31:18 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo tsm: good point. I guess I assume things like this are pure ass-covering, just in case anything legal comes of it. Plausible deniability seems to be de rigeur at every level of government now, especially as underlings have no doubt noticed that blame tends to trickle downward these days.

I'm also guessing that disavowing willing participation in illegal and/or unethical activities is a resume-builder. Most of the rats leaving this sinking ship are doing so with an eye on their future job prospects.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853563 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:31:42 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Fuck. Them. All.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853820 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:01:36 -0800 Comment by superyeadon oh scotty, we never believed you anyways. so it doesn't really matter.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853825 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:03:39 -0800 Comment by Geni Don't you love the way all these bastards try to wash the stink off themselves AFTER they quit? "I didn't know - I swear - I was just doing my job."

I don't want to invoke Godwin's Law here, but that's been said before...

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c853912 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:46:52 -0800 Comment by Gitai Oy. He was about as believable in his lies as I was when I told my mom that my boyfriend and I were just watching a movie in my bedroom. Why the fuck is this news? When a "leak" is sanctioned by the publishers so they can get some publicity to increase sales, is it really a leak? Shouldn't we be headlining this, "Aspiring Author, Former Professional Liar for White House, Releases Excerpt of Upcoming Memoir?"

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c854034 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c854034 Politics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:02:51 -0800 Comment by raindrop I don't put any stock in this. Scott McLellan has a LOT of sour grapes for being pushed out for the much more affable Tony Snow. He's manufacturing this just to get even.

Besides this is a total red herring since it was Richard Armitage that leaked supposedly "covert" Ms. Plame's name to Robert Novak.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c854277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/dept_of_better_late_than_never#c854277 Politics Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:28:20 -0800