Facing another major embarrassment, the White House is working overtime to make it appear that 16-year-old Vífill Atlason did not decipher President George W. Bush’s secret phone number after Jenna Bush called her dad during a recent taping of the Ellen show.

In fact, in an effort to cover-up the story, White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore lied to ABC News, saying that that the Icelandic teen did not dial the private number but instead dialed 202-456-1414, the main switchboard for the West Wing.

“But that was not the case,” according to the report. “The student gave ABC News the number. It is indeed an extention off the White House switchboard and goes to a security command post office in the building next door to the White House.”

Atlason’s mother has expressed surprise that the White House would carry out a defamation plot against her son, but Atlason himself is taking the situation in stride.

“If the number were not top secret, why would the police have told me that I will be put on a no-fly list to America?” Vífill asked. “I don’t see how calling the White House is a crime. But obviously, they took it very seriously.”

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The Icelandic teen who somehow figured out President George W. Bush’s secret phone number, creating an international security scare in the process, has been revealed in various news reports from Iceland. You’ll recall that the youngster recently left a message on Bush’s private line, saying he was the president of Iceland, and he wanted a call back. His real name name is Vífill Atlason, he’s 16, full of pimples — and he looks like just the type to be able to pull a fast one on Dubya. (Click the thumbnail for the larger shot.)

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