Fleischer: “Oh My God. Did I Play A Role In Somehow Outing A CIA Officer?”

Washington Post Carol D. Leonnig, Amy Goldstein January 29, 2007 04:01 PM

Fleischer also made clear how uncomfortable he was when questioned earlier that day at a press briefing about Wilson's claims that the administration was twisting intelligence. Earlier in the spring, he had insisted that President Bush stood behind 16 words in his 2003 State of Union address about Iraq's efforts to buy uranium in Niger.

But higher level officials he didn't name began suggesting it might be a problem to defend that statement.

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