I suppose there are only so many times you can lie to these reporters before they start noticing there's something fishy.

You know, I have been perfectly happy to wait to assign blame until the dust has settled and a thorough investigation completed.  I suspect there's some blame to be shared by quite a number of people and government entities.

But if the White House is treating this like a political operation and sending in their pit bulls to deflect accountability, as the WaPo article seems to imply, then they've crossed the line yet again.  That alone disgusts me, regardless of what the true magnitude of their errors proves to be.