[Mo1]

The press was notified at 8am the next morning

They did nothing wrong in the way this was handled

[paul51]

The press was notified at 8am the next morning

Not by the WH or DC. They could have handled this better and preempted the circus going on now. If they had done that mcclellan could have said the statement has been issued and there will be no further comment until some latter date. That would have worked out better.