This is Very, Very Bad”: WH Insider Reveals how Obama was “Blindsided” by Robert Gates Explosive New Book
This is Very, Very Bad”: WH Insider Reveals how Obama was “Blindsided” by Robert Gates Explosive New Book
The
Obama administration was blindsided’ by bombshell accusations in a book
by former secretary of defense Robert Gates, according to a White House
staffer with knowledge of Tuesday’s events in the White House.
‘They’re breaking it down and dividing it up
in the West Wing,’ the aide told MailOnline, describing a frantic scene.
‘No one saw this coming.’
The source requested anonymity since he is not authorized to speak publicly.
Jay Carney, the White House’s press secretary, opened Wednesday’s
press briefing by asking reporters, ‘Read any good books lately?’
He said he had received a copy of the book Tuesday night, a half-day
after The Wall Street Journal published an excerpt online and portions
were leaked to The Washington Post, The New York Times and other press
outlets.
Carney downplayed the seismic event that gripped Washington on
Tuesday, saying he hadn’t read the book, titled, ‘Duty: Memoirs of a
Secretary at War.’
‘I don’t know who else got a copy,’ a coy Carney told reporters. “I got a copy. … I haven’t had time to look at it yet.’
But National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden acknowledged
to MailOnline that the book ‘was read by a member of the White House
staff overnight.’
She declined to name the staffer, and said she would not go ‘into
further detail about … how it was distributed within the White House.’
She insisted that Carney ‘was completely accurate in what he said at
the podium’ on Wednesday, emphasizing that ‘Jay has not yet read the
book, as he said.’
But the White House staffer who spoke to MailOnline said that ‘by morning there were chapters floating around.’
In a separate conversation, he added that ‘this is very, very bad. Jay is spinning everyone. But then, that’s his job.’
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