“This was a stunning revelation that I learned just before I left the White House… For me, it was the final moment of disillusionment, when… it came out in the legal proceedings when Patrick Fitzgerald was prosecuting Scooter Libby [that] the President had authorized the Vice President to selectively use some of that intelligence in the National Intelligence Estimate and share it anonymously with reporters. Now, he tasked Scooter Libby to do that… Here we were for years, [we] had been in the White House decrying the selective leaking of classified information. And the President had authorized that very same thing himself.”
—Scott McClellan

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is making headlines yet again today for his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on what took place during the outing of former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson. In his opening statement, McClellan said, “I regret that I played a role, however unintentionally, in relaying false information to the public about it.”

Above, full video of Dan Rather’s recent conversation with McClellan here at the 92nd Street Y, which aired on HDNet. A full transcript of that interview is also available.

Next up on the politics plate at the Y: a liberal dose of political humor with Scott Blakeman, Jane Condon and Jeff Kreisler.