Scott McClellan, in the face of widespread criticism about his tell all book said that at the outset his intention was not to write a book critical of the White House and its boss. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, he said that many publishers had turned down the proposal of his memoirs as uninteresting. However, the writing process changed his views and compelled him to write a tell-all book.

A photographer had put out a call for a Gordon Brown lookalike, which she said was urgently needed. The artist was 37-year old Alison Jackson, who has been known to take and publish photographs of mirror images of such figures as Princess Diana, David Beckam, George Bush, and the Queen herself. The notoriety of her photographs stems from the fact that the photos she takes are of the lookalikes in compromising positions.

Activists in Brattleboro, Vermont want President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney arrested for war crimes, a petition described as "radical" and "of very dubious legality. " In a petition before the selectboard which oversees the local government, the activists are petitioning to put an item on a town meeting agenda that would make Bush and Cheney subject to indictment if they visit the Vermont town, The Associated Press reported.

Former U. K. Prime Minister Tony Blair can now be seen in his cameo role in an online White House video of U. S. president Bush's dog. The Barney Cam, an annual Christmas movie starring the White House Scottish terrier, gives a dog's-eye view of the White House decorated for Christmas.

Two turkeys have been released from a possible death sentence, thanks to the unconditional pardon given by President Bush himself. The distribution of the pardon for the two fowls was done during the 60th annual pardoning ceremony of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, in which the White House saves at least one bird from the blade of the axe.