"confidence men," a look inside the west wing the administration fired a strike against the author. >> reality i lived, it bears no relation to the sad stories i heard prosecuted from the book. >> one skew savings is the obama white house was misit will to women. communications director is quoted as saying it meets the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile work place for women. on friday, she pushed back telling the "washington post" that she told him that the white house was "not a hostile work environment." but the author tape recorded the interview, and, yesterday, played it for "the washington post" reporter. >> i let the with respect weapon listen, there it is, clear as a bell. and she said "if it weren't for the president this place would be in supreme court for hostile workplace because it fit all the classic legal requirement for a hostile work place for women." her contradiction could raise questions about other white house efforts to discredit the book.