In an appearance at the National Press Club on June 1, 2009, former Vice President Dick Cheney said: " 'I do not believe and have never seen any evidence to confirm that [Hussein] was involved in 9/11. We had that reporting for a while, [but] eventually it turned out not to be true,' Cheney conceded. But Hussein was 'somebody who provided sanctuary and safe harbor and resources to terrorists. …[It] is, without question, a fact.' "
– “Cheney: No Link Between Saddam Hussein, 9/11,” CNN.com, June 1, 2009,