"I never received direction from George Tenet (CIA director at the time) or anyone else in my chain of command to fabricate a document … as outlined in Mr. Suskind’s book," Richer said in a statement that was initially released by the White House.
But in a telephone interview this evening, Suskind said he is planning to release transcripts of his on-the-record interviews with Richer to back up his story.
"There are lots of transcripts, lots of tapes," Suskind told me. "In the next couple days the transcripts will be coming out."
We’ll see…