Cheney didn't quite risk saying Saddam had a hand in the 9/11 attacks, but if you saw the show or read the [link|http://www.msnbc.com/news/966470.asp|transcript], you will see he did everything short of that.

Most of the reports quote the "No. I think it\ufffds not surprising that people make that connection." line because it's short. But Cheney went on for quite a bit talking about how Saddam and al-Qaeda where connected, and just barely acknowledged that there is no confirmation of most of that evidence.

The transcript as a whole makes for facinating reading. His answers are not like those of a typical politican, who answers questions other the ones asked. I'm left with the impression that he is more like the PHCEO. He is getting all his information from suckups that are telling him what he wants to hear out of fear, and thus he isn't even aware of any problems or mistakes in his strategy.

Jay