When I found out I had been knowingly lied to by Karl Rove and Scooter Libby in the Valerie Plame leak episode and passed along false information based on their assurances two years prior to that saying that they weren't involved.
McClellan discusses his disillusionment stemming from being misled by senior White House officials regarding the Valerie Plame incident.
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