re: Yup, thats the one they are going to run with...for now (And now a prediction)
The Ari Fleischer quote is difficult to believe. No publisher would print something without the sign-off of the author, certainly nothing this controversial, that's serious lawsuit territory. If the book is a pack of lies, it's a pack of lies approved of and certified by the author.
Of course, we can't rule out that McClellan didn't deliberately do it just for the money, or even for revenge. "It's nothing personal, it's strictly business.", would be, after all, ideologically and professionally consistent.