Read this: What Happened by Scott McClellan

Depending on your politics, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is either a hero or a villain. In What Happened, McClellan focuses on the White House during (as he calls it) the marketing of the Iraq war and the investigation into the leaking of the name of a CIA agent to the media. The peek behind the curtain of White House operations and well-known incidents, like the Hurricane Katrina response, is quite interesting -- as any book by a White House insider should be.
What bothered me most about this book is the timing. McClellan stood in front of the media and helped articulate positions that he felt were wrong and made statements defending those who he felt had lied. Helping spread deception does not make you part of the solution, it makes you part of the problem.
McClellan criticizes the tactics, statements and philosophies of Cheney, Rove, Rice and many others, yet he never holds accountable the man who hired (and could fire) them. He criticizes the very same loyalty he displayed, calling loyalty which shields presidents from accountability "a disservice to the American people".
While reading this book I often had the same feeling I had while reading If I Did It, the book O.J. Simpson wrote about the murder of his ex-wife. The insights were interesting, even if the author and his motives are questionable.
Had McClellan stepped away from the White House podium five years ago and told us this story, he would have been a hero.
Now, we already know much of what he's telling us.