2004: Cheney Blasts media on Iraq-AlQueda Link

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Cheney blasts media on al Qaeda-Iraq link

Says media not 'doing their homework' in reporting ties



WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday the
evidence is "overwhelming" that al Qaeda had a relationship with Saddam
Hussein's regime in Iraq, and he said media reports suggesting that the
9/11 commission has reached a contradictory conclusion were
"irresponsible."

"There clearly was a relationship. It's been testified to. The evidence
is overwhelming," Cheney said in an interview with CNBC's "Capitol
Report."

snip

"The press, with all due respect, (is) often times lazy, often times
simply reports what somebody else in the press said without doing their
homework."

Members of 9/11 commission found "no credible evidence" that Iraq was
involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks carried out by al
Qaeda hijackers, and they concluded that there was "no collaborative
relationship" between Iraq and Osama bin Laden, the network's leader,
according to details of its findings disclosed Wednesday at a public
hearing.

However, the commission also found that bin Laden did "explore possible
cooperation with Iraq."

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Bush, who has said himself that there is no evidence Iraq was involved
in 9/11, sought to explain the distinction Thursday, saying that while
the administration never "said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated"
with Iraqi help, "we did say there were numerous contacts between
Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda."

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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Bright guy that cheney, somewhere along the line he learned the

one about not being able to prove a negative. I guess that's why he a big CEO guy and all.