Bush’s ‘loyal’ McClellan puts the boot in

Most of what the many critics of George 'Dubya' Bush have to say about his presidency is being confirmed by the first 'tell all' memoir to come from the heart of his administration.

What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception may prove to be a turn-coat classic. It comes from Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary and Bush loyalist once derided for his stubborn defence of his boss's performances on Iraq and Hurricane Katrina.

McClellan believes that Bush had the "makings of a great administration" but veered "terribly off-course" by using an aggressive propaganda campaign to obscure the truth in selling the Iraq war. Bush's belief, however naive, was that he could change the nature of the Middle East by enforcing