But CNN didn't miss the fly in the ointment.
CNN has learned that the government official mentioned is White House chief of staff Andrew Card.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Lindauer is a distant cousin of Card's and that his last recollection of seeing her was "in early 2001 around the inaugural events."
McClellan said Card "cooperated fully with the investigation" and views this "as a very sad, very unfortunate incident."