McClellan: White House Officials Blocked Intelligence Report

[kpete]

McClellan: White House Officials Blocked Intelligence Report, ‘Continue To Bury Their Heads In The Sand’

Yesterday, former press secretary Scott McClellan appeared on MSNBC’s Countdown to discuss last week’s Senate Intelligence Report, which found that the White House “built the public case for war against Iraq by exaggerating available intelligence and by ignoring disagreements among spy agencies about Iraq’s weapons programs and Saddam Hussein’s links to al Qaeda.” McClellan accused White House officials of having their “heads in the sand” and said they tried to block the committee’s investigation:

The White House never wanted to have the way the case was made, the way the intelligence was used to sell the war to the American people looked into by Congress. This was delayed for quite some time and Senator Rockefeller pushed this forward to get to the truth. And, the White House can continue to bury their heads in the sand but the reality is still the same.

I think the American people see it for exactly what it is. … We came to the very same conclusion that the intelligence was used in a way to make the threat sound more grave and urgent and serious than it was.

VIDEO at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/10/mcclellan-heads-in-sand/

[bdamomma]

1. Scott is going to testify June 20th

oops under oath of course.

[woodsprite]

3. Hope he's careful between now and then. n/t

[lldu]

2. Never thought I would say this....

Great Job, Scotty

I hope to heck he starts talking and we can use that information to put away booosh and Shotgun-Cheney

[tblue37]

10. He is becoming more like John Dean, wanting to expose

the wickedness of his erstwhile employers. He hasn't gone as far as Dean has to gain my respect, but he is certainly moving in that direction.

[goodhue]

4. impeach

[elizfeelinggreat]

5. Scottie's message is hitting the fan :)

I heard him say on Countdown last night that they tried to claim executive privilege on parts of the manuscript but he left them in.
I was surprised to hear he did that and it changed my opinion of McClellan (a little bit anyway).

[The Blue Flower]

6. Last night on Countdown

He looked like a man at peace with himself for the first time. It was crazy, flipping channels between McLellan and Kucinich. The light is finally breaking through the darkness.

[Sanity Claws]

9. Scott did look different.

I also thought he looked different in this interview than his earlier ones. He looked more comfortable and sure of himself. He seems to have found his voice.

[gratuitous]

7. Rockefeller pushed the report forward

Who sat on it for three years? Looking at you Sen. Roberts of Kansas! Apparently Pat Roberts is comfortable with being lied to for death and profit; are the people of Kansas similarly comfortable with it?

[tblue37]

11. No, we are not, and he is up for reelection this time. I sure as hell

ope an Obama tsunami sweeps him out of office.

[Captain Hilts]

8. Sen. Pat Roberts should be censured for doing so. nt