But Mr. Fleischer was in the middle of the developments that surrounded the White House 's response to the criticism leveled by Joseph C. Wilson IV , a former diplomat , who on July 6 , 2003 , publicly said the administration had '' twisted '' intelligence about the nuclear ambitions of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq .
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