Scenes From Washington’s Most Contentious–and Most Entertaining–Press Briefing The White House’s daily televised press briefings have long been known for their low theater: the posturing reporters, the dissembling spokesmen. But lately the better briefing show has been over at the State Department, which holds its own, much lower-profile, daily media session. The key ingredients here include the Obama administration’s rather convoluted positions on issues like Egypt’s ...
Aug. 7, 2013 - Swampland
Lord Boyce in The Guardian Commenting on Brown's evidence to the inquiry, Boyce told the Times: "He's dissembling, he's being disingenuous. It's just not the case that the Ministry of Defence was given everything it needed."
Steny Hoyer in msnbc.com Hoyer added, "When Mr. Cheney talks about President Obama's giving the thoughtful consideration [about war policy] that he is somehow dissembling, frankly they turned tail. That is pretty tough language, but I get angry when I hear Vice President...
Henry Waxman in Reuters We must stop the pattern of dissembling and the misuse of classified information,Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat and the sponsor, told the House.