I don't think thats accurate

Well, well, well. This is a fun little story about the White House accidentally telling the truth then trying to lie about it and finally denying the cover up. Let me explain. On October 31 the White House spokesman said something he shouldn’t have – the truth. He said it, everyone heard it, it's on audio and videotape and in the official transcripts. But when the Bush administration discovered that McClellan inadvertently told the truth they insisted transcripts be changed to remove the truth and insert the misinformation that he should have told. Whew! Kind of hard to follow? Read this:

By Joe Strupp Published: November 09, 2005 11:30 PM
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NEW YORK Presidential Press Secretary Scott McClellan's short answer to a question at his daily press briefing last week has prompted a dispute between the White House press office and two news organizations that offer transcripts of the events.

At the Oct. 31 briefing, David Gregory of NBC News stated the following question to McClellan about White House aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis Libby: "Whether there's a question of legality, we know for a fact that there was involvement. We know that Karl Rove, based on what he and his lawyer have said, did have a conversation about somebody who Patrick Fitzgerald said was a covert officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. We know that Scooter Libby also had conversations."The official White House transcript states that McClellan's response was "I don’t think that's accurate."But two outside news agencies, Congressional Quarterly and Federal News Service - which provide transcripts for a fee -both reported the response as "that's accurate."

A video of the press briefing reveals McClellan saying "that's accurate."White House officials contacted the news outlets and ask for a change to their versions of the transcript."They asked me to take a look at it about a week ago," said Kirk Hanneman, news director of Federal News Service,which provides transcripts of different government events. "We took a look at it because they did have a problem with it and in the end, we had what we originally had and we are sticking by that because we believe it is correct.

White House press office spokeswoman Dana Perino confirmed that her office had requested a review of the transcripts, noting, "it was simply to point out that the official transcript by the White House stenographer had it as it was released and that is all it was," she said, saying the White House transcript was never altered.When asked about the fact that the White House version contradicts video accounts of the briefing, Perino added, "the White House stenographer was in the room and I was in the room" and they heard McClellan say "I don't think that's accurate'."