Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes has begun doing damage control following last week’s New York Times profile on how he spun reporters to sell the Iran deal.

In a Medium post published Sunday night, Rhodes hinted at a multi-pronged effort to defend controversial comments, such as the one about trying to keep news of Iran’s capture of U.S. sailors quiet until after President Obama delivered his State of the Union address in January.

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