Lying to the American people again.

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog also confirmed that Iran had indeed enriched uranium to nearly 20 percent, a claim made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during revolutionary anniversary festivities last week but rebuffed by the White House.

"We do not believe they have the capability to enrich to the degree they say they are enriching," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said at last Thursday's daily briefing.

But the IAEA report said that Iran had hit 19.8 percent enrichment on two days last week.

I tried to think of why this misrepresentation would be considered--by the Left--as any different that Bush's alleged 'lie' about Saddam procuring Uranium oxide in Africa (based on British intelligence reports...).

Gibbs was clearly speaking for the administration which means that the administration is incredibly misinformed about a dire threat to American and global security, or else they knew what Iran had accomplished and chose to lie to us about it.

Neither prospect is particularly encouraging.

The lack of outrage is instructive--we are so used to Democrats lying their asses off, that it hardly bears remarking.