Bill O'Reilly Takes On Scott McClellan Over Talking Points Claim Bill O'Reilly took on Scott McClellan on Monday night's O'Reilly Factor over claims made last week on Hardball that McClellan and the Bush White House would funnel talking points to the Fox News host (and his colleague, Sean Hannity). After calling McClellan a "liar" and an "idiot" on his radio show Monday, O'Reilly promised to have some fun with the former White House Press Secretary on his TV show that night. 20 comments

Scott McClellan is Testifying Before the Judiciary Committee On the stand now, Scott McClellan, former press secretary and author of the scathing book, What Happened is testifying about his experience in the Bush White House. Both Democrats and Republicans said they fully expect the hearing to extend far beyond the leak of a CIA agent’s name and delve fully into McClellan’s charges that the Bush administration deceived the American public about its reasons for going to war in Iraq. 4 comments

McClellan to Testify Before Judiciary Committee Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, whose scathing memoir about his time in the Bush administration sent waves through Washington, DC, has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. His hearing is expected to focus heavily on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. But the committee could press on other matters within its jurisdiction, including the possible authorization of torture by administration officials. 7 comments

Scott McClellan On Countdown: Talks To Keith Olbermann About His New Book On Countdown with Keith Olbermann Thursday Scott McClellan sat down for a nearly hour-long interview with the MSNBC host to discuss his new book, What Happened. The wide-ranging interview covered everything from the CIA leak to Fox News to McClellan's critics to the possibility of military action in Iran. McClellan also struck back at the former colleagues who have emerged to speak out against his new book, pointing out that despite their criticism of his actions none of them have so far refuted anything specific about his account. 11 comments