Former press secretary accuses Bush, Cheney of deceiving public about CIA leak case




Associated Press - November 20, 2007 5:43 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan is accusing President Bush and Vice President Cheney of deceit in the CIA leak case.

In an excerpt from his upcoming book, McClellan describes the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and Lewis Libby were not involved in the leak.

He writes, "There was one problem. It was not true." McClellan says he had unknowingly passed along false information. He says 5 of the highest-ranking White House officials were involved, including Rove, Libby, Cheney, Bush and his chief of staff Andrew Card.

...(AP)