The Iraq War - Planned Hours After Bush's Inauguration

That's the assertion of former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill...

The Bush Administration began laying plans for an invasion of Iraq, including the use of American troops, within days of President Bush's inauguration in January of 2001 -- not eight months later after the 9/11 attacks as has been previously reported.

That's what former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill says in his first interview about his time as a White House insider. O'Neill talks to Correspondent Lesley Stahl in the interview, to be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

O'Neill, who was asked to resign because of his opposition to the tax cut, says he doesn't think his tell-all account in this book will be attacked by his former employers as sour grapes. "I will be really disappointed if [the White House] reacts that way," he tells Stahl. "I can't imagine that I am going to be attacked for telling the truth."

If I were Karl Rove, I'd dismiss O'Neill's allegations because if he knew the administration as well as he claims, he'd know the White House will attack him as sour grapes. And we all know Karl will never come under media scrutiny for making such a stupid statement.