Cheney: "There Was Never Any Evidence ... Iraq Was Involved In 9/11" (VIDEO)

In an interview with Fox News' Greta van Susteren, former Vice President Dick Cheney admitted that there is no evidence that Iraq was involved in the September 11th attacks.

"On the question of whether or not Iraq was involved in 9-11, there was never any evidence to prove that," he told the "On The Record" host in a joint interview with his daughter Liz. "There was "some reporting early on ... but that was never borne out," Cheney said. "George ... did say and did testify that there was an ongoing relationship between al-Qaeda and Iraq, but no proof that Iraq was involved in 9-11."

Asked in 2004 if Iraq was involved in the attacks, Cheney was less clear, telling CNBC, "We don't know." He criticized the "irresponsible" media for reporting that there were no links between al-Qaeda and Iraq. "There clearly was a relationship. It's been testified to. The evidence is overwhelming," Cheney said. In other interviews around that time, Cheney was similarly vague, suggesting that the link could exist. President Bush repeatedly encouraged a false connection between Iraq and the attacks, although he later claimed to have only said there was a "relationship" between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.

Liz Cheney complimented Obama's family, and said that she hoped he would "talk about democracy and I hope he'll also talk about women's rights" on his trip to Egypt. Asked if President Obama was "soft," Dick Cheney responded, "I can't say that. I think he's still learning."

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[Hawaii5-0]

01:41 PM on 06/06/2009

Perhaps a poll should be taken of all the soldiers who went to fight in Iraq, and the families who have lost loved ones, and ask them what they were told was the reason we were going to war in Iraq. Such of waste of lives and resources. It is INSANE to blow up a country, then rebuild it. Think of how much could be been rebuilt or maintained in THIS country with the money spent rebuilding Iraq.

[JohnHKennedy]

06:16 PM on 06/04/2009

Please, Please... citizens, Don't let Cheney get away with it.

Pressure Obama ans AG Holder to Prosecute, to enforce our Federal Laws.

If you do nothing else for your Country today,

SIGN THE PETITION To Prosecute Them For Torture

http://ANGRYVOTERS.ORG

Over 250,000 have signed
Join them and call yourself a Patriot

[Keith52]

02:33 PM on 06/03/2009

I couldn't watch the clip where Gretta asked him about what he thought about Obama in Egypt because just listening to him talk makes me want to throw my computer through a wall. This guy should be only answering questions in a prison outfit from behind glass and wire.

[freethinkergirl]

04:09 PM on 06/03/2009

Besides, why is Lizzy sitting next to him? Why is she involved, (complicit), does she have a security clearance? How come she knows more about the Memos than Congress and Pelosi????

[fairplaystacy]

02:00 PM on 06/03/2009

why is this guy still walking about without shackles?

[JohnHKennedy]

10:52 AM on 06/03/2009

We are getting Closer To Prosecution!

Keep up the pressure!!!

If you do nothing else for your Country today,

SIGN THE PETITION To Prosecute Them For Torture

http://ANGRYVOTERS.ORG

Over 250,000 have signed
Join them and call yourself a Patriot

[bannorhill]

02:01 PM on 06/03/2009

Let's prosecute the President for lies like

"Together we must also confront the new hazards of chemical and biological weapons, and the outlaw states, terrorists and organized criminals seeking to acquire them. Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade, and much of his nation's wealth, not on providing for the Iraqi people, but on developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them. The United Nations weapons inspectors have done a truly remarkable job, finding and destroying more of Iraq's arsenal than was destroyed during the entire gulf war. Now, Saddam Hussein wants to stop them from completing their mission. I know I speak for everyone in this chamber, Republicans and Democrats, when I say to Saddam Hussein, "You cannot defy the will of the world," and when I say to him, "You have used weapons of mass destruction before; we are determined to deny you the capacity to use them again"

Lies like that can not go unpunished. What should we do?

[freethinkergirl]

04:06 PM on 06/03/2009

I bet D.I.C.K head dictated those words to W.

[bvongrabe]

04:01 PM on 06/03/2009

Prosecution in the U.S. will not happen because Cheney will defend himself by proving that Congress knew about it.
Therefore, I have filed a criminal complaint with the International Criminal Court which has accepted the commplaint but in the interim forwarded my evidence to the Spanish Judge in Madrid, who subsequently included Cheney in the prosecution (see csi-jacksonville.com for more).
Only to be followed by more threats by the CIA that if Spain continues prosecution the CIA will no longer share intelligence, the same as they did in Great Britain. Ever since the Madrid Court is under extreme pressure not to prosecute.
The ONLY court that can prosecute Cheney is the ICC.

[SoClearToMe]

09:24 AM on 06/03/2009

Does anyone know how to get involved in demonstrations over this?

We should have an Accountability March for those who purposely did nothing to prevent the 9/11 Mess from happening (it may have happened despite our best efforts anyway, but the fact is it happened while the Bush Administration was making NO effort to prevent this known threat from happening); for this whole Iraq Mess; for this Torture and other War Crimes Mess; for the whole Wall Street Mess; for our Health Care Mess; for our Banking Mess; our Education Mess; and whatever other Mess I'm forgetting.

We can show the Teabaggers how a protest is really done, and apply real pressure for the needed investigations to get going. I personally have no idea how to organize a local march let alone a national march, but "somebody" should. MoveOn, how about you?

[sansainte]

07:34 AM on 06/03/2009

I would like to hear what the loyal Bush Lemmings have to say about this revelation. For many years the LIBERALS were called UNPATRIOTIC, TERRORISTS, and worse because they questioned the validity of the war. Nearly 5,000 of our troops have been killed and Lord only knows how many are maimed and damaged because of this unnecessary war. For no valid reason this once proud nation was taken down the low road and attacked a nation that did us no harm by the Bush administration and now it appears that Mr Cheney was the guy responsible for it. He's busy blaming Richard Clarke now as the guy who dropped the ball. He's blaming the CIA for faulty Intel when he's the guy who was parsing every word and twisting every phrase to justify all of this. Let us not forget the outing of Valarie Plame in all of this either. This man and his ilk have to be punished for crimes against humanity.It really is time for some serious investigations and trials. Mr Cheney has put a stain on this nation that will take years to eradicate for no good reason. He and Mr Bush did not keep this nation safe. They contributed to the rise of terrorism, not the demise of it. This is not what preserve, protect and defend is all about, nor is it what this nation is all about.

[TLV]

09:06 AM on 06/03/2009

I shudder to think of the stolen votes in the 2004 election that were reported to US - the people of this great nation - as "proof" that the voters wanted another Bush/Cheney term because we were in THEIR WAR OF CHOICE!

[bannorhill]

04:02 PM on 06/05/2009

What votes? Go back and join the Hale Boppers.

[Keith52]

02:42 PM on 06/03/2009

The number of dead and maimed / wounded is around 34,000 so far.

[lovable]

05:31 AM on 06/03/2009

WHERE IS THE MEDIA ON THIS REVELATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dwright]

06:37 AM on 06/03/2009

Rachel had it on her show a little last night with clips etc. KO had a little as well, I have a feeling that his people are designing something SPECIAL for this - if not . . .

Our media is awful - I don't watch any of it at all except C-SPAN and KO (about 2 times a week) Rachel when I can.

[Keith52]

02:44 PM on 06/03/2009

Where is Freekin' Matt Lauer saying "bombshell from Cheney... he admits there was no connection between Iraq and Al Qaida...." Where is our MSM??? what the h e // is going on????

[Hawaii5-0]

01:38 PM on 06/06/2009

The MSM have been bought and paid for by the corporations they are supposed to be watching. That is why CNBC can have people like Cramer on who do nothing but cheer on Wall St even as has stock picks go down the toilet. Don't look to the MSM for much meaningful investigative journalism/reporting. I do like Rachel and KO, but you won't see them, or any other mainstream network, taking Cramer to task like Jon Stewart did on the Daily Show. Why do you think that is? Because they have been told not to.

[lovable]

05:30 AM on 06/03/2009

THIS IS BREAKING NEWS AND NOT A PEEP OUT OF THE MEDIA. THIS GUY JUST ADMITTED THAT HE LIED FOR 8 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!AND 4500 SERVICEMEN DIED FOR NOTHING ( SORRY )OILllllll

[dwright]

06:37 AM on 06/03/2009

it boggles the mind doesn't it?

[RiskyBizMiss]

03:51 AM on 06/03/2009

I'm amazed at the disparity between Cheney's current/recent presence in the media and his plethora of commentaries/opinions he can't refrain from expressing and his lack of valuable input, for the 8 years when he was in a position to do something positive, which he repeatedly failed to do. If he wanted to change history, he should have done it when he had the chance instead of trying to re-write it so fictitiously. He cannot change the legacy that is his.
Why did they let him out of the Bunker anyway?
Is anyone curious as to the whereabouts of Rumsfeld? At least he seems to have the ability to keep his mouth shut at this point.

[westcoastsc]

04:43 AM on 06/03/2009

Imagine the worst and then check the facts. I bet the facts are worse than you could ever imagine.

[emlr]

09:27 AM on 06/03/2009

He was in a position alright to do something and he did exactly what he set out to do, invade Iraq for oil under any pretense and keep it occupied until the oil companies got their contracts for the oil.
But he didn't do anything positive.

[JDM73]

03:47 AM on 06/03/2009

So now that we've been dithering around in Iraq for over six years, and one of the major architects of the war has admitted that it was cooked up under false pretenses, and Obama (who promised to remove all combat troops from Iraq) is president, we can get the heck out of there. Right?
No.

"Despite Obama's Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraq"

http://www.truthout.org/032609R

[westcoastsc]

04:44 AM on 06/03/2009

DC is admitting to everything and yet he is not under arrest yet?

[dwright]

06:38 AM on 06/03/2009

write snail mail letters to AG Holder -

[RRG64]

07:33 AM on 06/03/2009

What does that have to do with Dick Cheney`s War Crimes?

[Whinger]

03:26 AM on 06/03/2009

Of course Iraq wasn't involved in 9/11, it was all about lies, oil and daddy's walked on face!

[RobertHenryEller]

03:13 AM on 06/03/2009

So, if there was no connection between Saddam and the terrorists, and no connection between Saddan and 9/11,

what was the justification to invade Iraq?

It's gone, isn't it?

The administration pushed the beginning of the war deliberately, before the inspectors could determine, or at least before two many people believed the probable truth, or realized the actual truth, that there were no WMDs.

Where was the justification to invade Iraq?

Didn't it just completely evaporate with Cheney's admission?

Didn't he just effectively admit that we went to war on a lie?

[westcoastsc]

04:45 AM on 06/03/2009

Um!!!! Should we start making demonstrations?

[bjammin]

02:02 AM on 06/03/2009

And yet, he continues to walk free.

No WMD either.

It's 2-0 in the count, Dick. One more strike and its the handcuffs.

[westcoastsc]

04:47 AM on 06/03/2009

There are more than that. The handcuffs should have been on before the admin was over. We need to be able to vote a government out with no confidence.

[Jonahson]

01:37 AM on 06/03/2009

....and still, despite all the chaos and mayhem brought to Iraq no one care to apologize.......
No, not an iota of regret nor a heart to feel for the pain of others. Here they are again still trying to spin away from their way dark shadow. Their deeds shall be their inheritance to the after life. They better start praying they don't have one.

[westcoastsc]

04:47 AM on 06/03/2009

deep