Scott McClellan: “Yes. No, I was sincere at the time. Now, looking back and reflecting on that, I have a different perspective on it.”

We went and sold -- oversold the case to the American people on the war and not only that, but the emphasis was more on the weapons of mass destruction than it was on really the driving motivation behind the decision to go to war, which…

We are going to do what is necessary to protect the American people. We are also going to do so in a way that adheres to our laws and to our values. We have made that very clear.

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.

I had allowed myself to be deceived into unknowingly passing along a falsehood.