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Sept. 11 Commission Says It Had Same Information as Cheney on Alleged Iraq-Al-Qaeda Links
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was mistaken in stating that he “probably” had access to more information on the possible links between prewar Iraq and al-Qaeda than the U.S. national commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the panel’s leaders said yesterday (see GSN, June 22). Last month, the commission released a report saying that there was no evidence of a “collaborative relationship” between prewar Iraq and al-Qaeda. The White House, however, has continued to assert that there were relationships between the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the terrorist organization. A day after the commission released its report, Cheney said that he “probably” had access to more information than the commission on the subject, according to the New York Times. In a statement released yesterday, the commission’s chairman and vice chairman disputed Cheney’s claim. “After examining available transcripts of the vice president’s public remarks, the 9/11 commission believes it has access to the same information the vice president has seen regarding contacts between al-Qaeda and Iraq prior to the 9/11 attacks,” they said (Philip Shenon, New York Times, July 7).
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