Scott McClellan: “I think he believes that. He's convinced himself to believe that, but I don't think it's true.”

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

I think it was smart to confront Saddam Hussein. But our options were either, Saddam comes clean or we go to war.

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

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.