Scott McClellan on Democracy Now- 3/5

Ex-White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan Speaks Out on the Bush Admin Lies and Media Allies that Led the US to War

The former White House press secretary joins us for the hour on the heels of his explosive new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception. McClellan says former White House aides Karl Rove and Lewis "Scooter" Libby lied to him about their role in the CIA leak case, criticizes the corporate media for acting as "complicit enablers" in what he calls the Bush administration's deliberate manipulation of the public to build support for invading Iraq, and recounts the White House's response to Hurricane Katrina as one "in denial." McClellan also reveals the suffering of Iraqi civilians seemed to be of little concern at the White House, where he says the massive death toll from the US invasion was seldom discussed. And he explains his own personal transformation from Bush administration mouthpiece to a critic of conscience and why he's now sympathetic to the journalist I.F. Stone's famous advice to young reporters: "governments lie." [includes rush transcript]

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[ORACLE063]

world congress??? i elected no such members

[clarisd]

It is so short sighted of the US to not see this whole sham as a way to bring into being the NWO. (911) is an inside job and it is still going on.

[clarisd]

I wish more people knew the Frinkin History, you are so right. As far as 911, you play around in other peoples countries you get what you deserve. I still feel 911 is an inside job.

[yallview]

Thank You Scott 8)

[rojei]

f*ck the u.s....Iran was a democracy until the american step in to destroy it in 1953!

[anarchyantichrist]

Scott The Snitch