“We simply did not find any evidence of extensive links with al Qaeda, or for that matter any real links at all. Cheney’s speech is evidence free. It is an assertion, but doesn’t say why we should believe this now” – David Kay, Weapons Inspector
“I can’t make that claim” – George W. Bush, when asked if there was a link between Saddam and 9-11.
“I have seen no smoking gun between Saddam and al Qaeda” – Colin Powell
“The most intensive searching over the last two years has produced no solid evidence of a cooperative relationship between Saddam’s government and al Qaeda” – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
I think some of the Administration’s claims of direct links between Zarqawi and al Qaeda as we knew it, frankly, are not true” – Former Bush Counter-Terrorism expert Roger Cressey
“No credible evidence” has emerged connecting Iraq with 9-11 – Conclusion of the Bush appointed 9-11 commission.
"I'm not sure even now that I would say Iraq had something to do with it," – Paul Wolfowitz discussing the 9-11 attacks.
