Rumsfailed tells the truth.... then says he was "misunderstood" [View All]

[joanne]

I guess Rumsfailed had a brief encounter with the truth and didnt like it.... only took hours to go back to the LIES again.

NEW YORK - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a speech that he knew of no clear link between the al-Qaida terror network and Saddam Hussein, although he later backed off the statement and said he was misunderstood.

Asked to describe the connection between the Iraqi leader and the al-Qaida terror network at an appearance Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations, the Pentagon chief first refused to answer, then said: “To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.”

Several hours after his appearance, Rumsfeld issued a statement from the Pentagon saying his comment “regrettably was misunderstood” by some. He said he has said since September 2002 that there were ties between Osama bin Laden’s terror group and Iraq.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6180176/