•• 2004 Vice Presidential Debate ••
CHENEY: "I have not suggested there's a connection
between Iraq and 9/11."
IRAQ/AL QAEDA
Cheney: "His regime has had high-level contacts with al
Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al
Qaeda terrorists." (Cheney Remarks, 12/2/02)
Cheney: "His regime aids and protects terrorists, including
members of al Qaeda. He could decide secretly to provide
weapons of mass destruction to terrorists for use against us."
(Cheney Remarks, 1/30/03)
Cheney: "If we're successful in Iraq, if we can stand up a
good representative government in Iraq, that secures the
region so that it never again becomes a threat to its neighbors
or to the United States, so it's not pursuing weapons of mass
destruction, so that it's not a safe haven for terrorists, now we
will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if
you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had
us under assault now for many years, but most especially on
9/11." (NBC, Meet The Press, 9/14/03, emphasis added)
Russert: "The Washington Post asked the American people
about Saddam Hussein, and this is what they said: 69 percent
said he was involved in the September 11 attacks. Are you
surprised by that?
Cheney: "No. I think it's not surprising that people make
that connection." (NBC, Meet the Press, 11/14/03)
Cheney: "If we're successful in Iraq, if we can stand up a
good representative government in Iraq, that secures the
region so that it never again becomes a threat to its neighbors
or to the United States, so it's not pursuing weapons of mass
destruction, so that it's not a safe haven for terrorists, now we
will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if
you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had
us under assault now for many years, but most especially on
9/11." (NBC, Meet the Press, 11/14/03)
Cheney: "We now know based on documents that we've
captured since we took Baghdad that they put (Yasin) on the
payroll, gave him a monthly stipend and provided him with a
house, sanctuary in effect, in Iraq in the aftermath of . . . the
'93 attack on the World Trade Center." (Rocky Mountain
News, Interview, 1/10/04)
Cheney: "I think there's overwhelming evidence that there
was a connection between al-Qaeda and the Iraqi
government." (National Public Radio, "Morning Edition,"
1/22/04)
Cheney: "Freedom still has enemies in Iraq, terrorists who
are targeting the very success and freedom we're providing to
that country. Recently, we intercepted a letter sent by a senior
al Qaeda associate named Zarqawi to one of Osama bin
Laden's top lieutenants...America will finish what we've
begun in Iraq, and we will win an essential victory in this war
on terror." (Cheney Remarks, 2/27/04)
Cheney: "It's clearly established in terms of training,
provision of bomb-making experts, training of people with
respect to chemical and biological warfare capabilities, that
al-Qaeda sent personnel to Iraq for training and so forth*"
(Cheney, CNBC's "Kudlow & Kramer," 6/4/04)
Cheney: "In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was in power,
overseeing one of the bloodiest regimes of the 20th century*
He had long established ties with al Qaeda." (Cheney,
Orlando, FL, 6/14/04)
Cheney: "There's been enormous confusion over the Iraq
and al-Qaeda connection, Gloria. First of all, on the question
of--of whether or not there was any kind of a relationship,
there was a relationship. It's been testified to. The evidence is
overwhelming. It goes back to the early '90s...There's clearly
been a relationship." (CNBC "Capital Report," 6/17/04)
Borger: "Well, let's get to Mohamed Atta for a minute
because you mentioned him as well. You have said in the past
that it was, quote, 'pretty well confirmed.'"
Cheney: "No, I never said that."
Borger: "OK."
Cheney: "I never said that." (CNBC "Capital Report,"
6/17/04)
In response to Cheney's comment above that he "never said"
that the connetion between Atta and Iraq was "pretty well
confirmed," check this out from tonight's Washington Post:
On Dec. 9, 2001, Cheney said on NBC's "Meet The Press"
that "it's been pretty well confirmed that [Atta] did go to
Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi
intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April, several
months before the attack."
On March 24, 2002, Cheney again told NBC, "We discovered .
. . the allegation that one of the lead hijackers, Mohamed Atta,
had, in fact, met with Iraqi intelligence in Prague."
On Sept. 8, 2002, Cheney, again on "Meet the Press," said that
Atta "did apparently travel to Prague. . . . We have reporting
that places him in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence
officer a few months before the attacks on the World Trade
Center."
CHENEY claimed that he had never met Edwards before.
Addressing the National Prayer Breakast, Cheney said:
"Thank you. Thank you very much. Congressman Watts,
Senator Edwards, friends from across America and
distinguished visitors to our country from all over the world,
Lynne and I honored to be with you all this morning." [FDCH
Political Transcripts, Cheney Remarks at the National Prayer
Breakfast, 2/1/01]
Senator Edwards Escorted Elizabeth Dole When She Was
Sworn In As North Carolina's Other Senator. Elizabeth Dole
was sworn in as North Carolina's other senator on January 8,
2003. Gannet News Service wrote: "As per Senate tradition,
Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., escorted her."
Dole Took The Senate Oath Administered By Vice President
Dick Cheney. According to Gannet News Service: "[Dole]
raised her right hand and took the oath administered by Vice
President Dick Cheney, the Senate president." [Gannet News
Service, 1/8/03]
Intuitive*Analysis™
Forgetful? • Probably Not •• Above It All? • Of Course ••
Intentionally Lying? • COUNT The Ways!
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