Their Own Letter Comes Back to Haunt Them

CLAIM:

"This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda.”
– President Bush, 6/17/04

FACT:

"Bush and Cheney also have sought to tie Iraq specifically to the 9/11 attacks. In a letter to Congress on March 19, 2003 — the day the war in Iraq began — Bush said that the war was permitted under legislation authorizing force against those who 'planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.'"
- USA Today, 6/16/04