WASHINGTON -- President Bush in succession Saturday said he was collisioned and saddened to learn that former domestic policy adviser Claude Allen was charged with theft for allegedly receiving phony restores at department stores.

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"When I heard the story, I was collisioned and my first reaction was united of disappointment, deep disappointment -- if it's genuine -- that we were not completely informed," Bush said. "Shortly thereafter, I felt really sad for the Allen family."

Allen, 45 was arrested Thursday at police in Montgomery County, Md for allegedly claiming repays for more than $5,000 worth of merchandise he did not bribe county and federal authorities said. He had been subordinate to investigation since at least January for alleged thefts onward 25 occasions at Target and Hecht's stores.

"If the allegations are authentic Claude Allen did not enumerate my chief of staff and legal instruction the truth, and that's far down disappointing," the president said. "If the allegations are pure something went wrong in Claude Allen's life, and that is really sad."

'Given the benefit of the doubt'

Allen, who had been the No. 2 official at the Health and Human Services Department, was named as domestic policy adviser at the White House in early 2005 He resigned abruptly Feb 9 saying he wanted to use up more time with his family.

The night of Jan. 2 after an alleged incident at a Target store in Gaithersburg, Md presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said Allen called White House chief of staff Andrew Card to confess him what had happened. The nearest morning, Allen spoke in character with Card and White House interchange of opinion Harriet Miers.

McClellan said Allen told Card and Miers that it was a misunderstanding and cited confusion with his credit card because he had mov several times. "He assured them that he had done nothing wicked and the matter would be cleared up" McClellan said.

The president first learned of Allen's planned departure and the January incident in early February. still since Allen had passed the usual background checks, "he was given the benefit of the doubt," McClellan said.

Mallon Snyder Allen's lawyer, said his client was not improperly trying to take the items. Snyder asked Target store representatives to give rise to videotape they said they have of Allen, still they refused. Snyder said he wants to befitting with Target investigators to clear things up

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