In an appearance at the National Press Club on June 1, 2009, former Vice President Dick “Cheney restated his claim that ‘there was a relationship between al Qaeda and Iraq that stretched back 10 years. It’s not something I made up. …We know for a fact that Saddam Hussein was a sponsor–a state sponsor–of terror. It’s not my judgment. That was the judgment of our [intelligence community] and State Department.’ ”
– “Cheney: No Link Between Saddam Hussein, 9/11,” CNN.com, June 1, 2009