BBC: Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan has said US President George W Bush was not "open and forthright" on Iraq and rushed to an unnecessary war.
In a book to be published on Monday, Mr McClellan says Mr Bush "veered terribly off course". He also attacks the White House's handling of Hurricane Katrina.
From July 2003 to his resignation in April 2006, Mr McClellan was a firm defender of the Bush administration.
The White House has not yet commented on the 341-page memoir.
Mr McClellan was a long-standing member of Mr Bush's inner circle, having worked for him when he was Texas governor before following him to the White House.
'Manipulating opinion'
Extracts from the book, first disclosed by Washington-based news website Politico.com, give an often scathing view of both the president and his highest-ranking aides. Ex-Aide Criticises Bush over Iraq >>> | May 28, 2008
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