I like Ed Henry, as reporters go.

White House spokesman Tony Snow’s press briefing turned “contentious” this afternoon, CNN reports, after correspondent Ed Henry asked if the Bush Administration and the US Military were both “on the same page” with regards to accusations that Iran is “meddling” in Iraq.

“You know, this past weekend, US Military officials in Baghdad laid out what they claim to be evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq,” Henry reported on CNN. “Specifically, providing bomb-making materials to insurgents in Iraq who were, in turn, using those materials to kill US soldiers and Marines.”

Henry noted that the allegations were “being met with skepticism in part because so many claims the Bush administration made in advance of the Iraq war turned out to be false.”

“The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Pace, is now saying, in fact, while these explosive projectiles are, in fact, manufactured in Iran, ‘I would not say but that I know, that the Iranian Government clearly knows or is complicit,’” Henry continued. “It sounded to some, including me, that perhaps the US government is not on the same page here.”

So Henry said to Snow, “General Peter Pace is now saying that he was not aware that this briefing was going ahead in Baghdad where military officers were talking about Iran’s influence in Iraq, this past weekend. How could the chairman of the Joint Chiefs not know that military officers would be briefing in Baghdad?”

The White House press secretary said that he’d “refer that back to General Pace, frankly,” before accusing some in the media of trying to “whomp up” controversy.

“Let me tell you what — I think a lot of people are trying to whomp up a fight here that doesn’t exist,” Snow said. “I spoke with General Pace a bit this morning as well.”

Henry interjected, “With all due respect, it’s General Pace’s comments, not anyone’s else’s.”

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