INDEX   28 May 2008 - White House Aides and Former Administration Officials Stunned, Puzzled and Angry 'Scott, we now know, is disgruntled about his experience at the White House', said White House press secretary Dana Perino. 'For those of us who fully supported him, before, during and after he was press secretary, we are puzzled. It is sad this is not the Scott we knew. Perino said the reports on the book, titled What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, had been described to President Bush, and that she did not expect him to comment'. In the book, McClellan, who served as press secretary from July 2003 to April 2006 writes that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated 'political propaganda campaign' led by Bush and aimed at 'manipulating sources of public opinion' and 'downplaying the major reason for going to war. 'Regarding Bush, he writes that the president 'convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment', and has engaged in 'self-deception' to justify his political ends. Rove, who was singled out for particularly strong criticism, said the book excerpts are 'not the Scott McClellan I've known for a long time. [He] sounds like a left-winger blogger', he said.   0000001