That's Not Accurate

On October 31 White House press secretary Scott McClellan said, "That's accurate," to a series of factual  assertions by NBC reporter David Gregory about Karl Rove's involvement in Plamegate.  This was the Monday after the indictment of Scooter Libby, and the White House was in damage control mode.  But even so, McClellan readily acknowledged what Gregory had said.

The official White House transcript now reads, "I don't think that's accurate." Beyond changing its own record, the White House asked Congressional Quarterly and the Federal News Service to change theirs. Thankfully they both refused.

This takes guts.  The clip is widely available online, but the White House thinks that it can bend history merely by doctoring the record, and/or refusing to acknowledge the plain truth.  This is the same President who says "We don't  torture" even after we've seen all seen the photos from Abu Gharib.  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is growing ever more Orwellian all the time.