If the only difference between what you said as a member of the Bush administration and what you say as a book author is a matter of "the tenor and the tone" and "spin," then there is really no substantive difference in your various statements. So what was praise in the past, and condemnation today, is really neither. You're just changing "the tenor and the tone" with your "spin."
Forgive me, dear reader, if I'm coming late to this realization. It sometimes takes a while for stuff to sink into my hard head.
