Scott McClellan, Minister of Misinformation
This week's Mosaic Intelligence Report finds some startling parallels between former White House spokesman Scott McClellan's statements about the Bush administration's machinations during the early days of the Iraq war and those of Saddam Hussein's erstwhile minister of information, Mohammad Saeed al-Sahhaf.This week’s Mosaic Intelligence Report finds some startling parallels between former White House spokesman Scott McClellan’s statements about the Bush administration’s machinations during the early days of the Iraq war and those of Saddam Hussein’s erstwhile minister of information, Mohammad Saeed al-Sahhaf.
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