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1. JohnKonop Says:
   May 30th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

   McClellan: ‘Glad’ to testify about White House

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   CNN) — Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Friday that he would be willing to comply with a possible congressional subpoena to discuss the administration’s handling of prewar intelligence, telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he’d be “glad to share my views” if asked to testify.

   Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Florida, said Friday that McClellan, who left the White House in 2006, would be able to provide valuable insight into a number of issues under investigation by the House Judiciary Committee.

   The committee is looking into the use of prewar intelligence, whether politics was behind the firing of eight U.S. attorneys in 2006 and the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity, Wexler, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, said.

   In the book, McClellan says President Bush told him he had authorized the leaking of Plame Wilson’s identity to the press

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2. JohnKonop Says:
   May 30th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

   Blitzer: Why did McClellan revive the cocaine controversy?

   WASHINGTON (CNN) – There are many stunning allegations in Scott McClellan’s new book on his years in the White House. But his decision to bring up President George W. Bush’s alleged cocaine use as a young man was perhaps most surprising. Why revive an allegation that has long been dormant?

   McClellan recalls a phone conversation he overheard Bush having when he was still Governor of Texas and running for president some eight years ago.

   “The media won’t let go of these ridiculous cocaine rumors,” he quotes Bush as having said in that conversation with a political supporter. “You know, the truth is I honestly don’t remember whether I tried it or not. We had some pretty wild parties back in the day, and I just don’t remember.”

   McClellan says the comments “struck me” and “stayed with me to this day – not for what it revealed or concealed about the young George W. Bush, but for what it said about Bush as an older man and political leader, especially as revealed through my later experiences working for him.”

   McClellan adds: “I remember thinking to myself, How can that be? How can someone simply not remember whether or not they used an illegal substance like cocaine? It didn’t make a lot of sense.”

   When I interview the former White House press secretary Friday in The Situation Room, I will ask him why he decided to revive this issue now.

3. JohnKonop Says:
   May 30th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

   Perino Says White House Can Block McClellan From Testifying To Congress, But Won’t Say Whether It Will»

   House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) today announced that he and his staff were going to begin discussions with former press secretary Scott McClellan about testifying before Congress regarding revelations in his new memoir. In particular, Conyers pointed to attempts by the White House to cover-up Scooter Libby’s involvement in the Valerie Plame leak:

   I believe this issue may require closer examination, so I have instructed my counsels to begin discussions with Mr. McClellan to determine whether a hearing is necessary and to secure his possible cooperation.

   In today’s White House press briefing, spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters that the White House, hypothetically, could stop McClellan from testifying:

   QUESTION: Could the White House block him from testifying, if he wanted to testify? Or how does that work?

   PERINO: Conceivably?

   QUESTION: Yes.

   PERINO: Hypothetically, which I’m not supposed to answer a hypothetical, yes, I think so. The law would allow for that. But by saying that, I’m not suggesting that that’s what would happen or not happen.

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