Peter Watkins?

To give you an idea of the radioactivity of the NYTimes story on the Terrorism NIE, the administration response was handled by White House spokesman Peter Watkins, not public face Tony Snow, or inside the loop Dana Perino.

When faced with this massive story, the White House didn't want to put their real spokesmen on record in any way until they see how this plays out. Says a whole lot, eh?

(Or maybe they have to go back through all the old statements.)