Transcript of Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, George Bush (43), Condoleza Rice, and Donald Rumsfeld, (watch this 6 minute VIDEO):

• Donald Rumsfeld:  There are a lot of people that lie and get away with it.

• Donald Rumsfeld:  We will in fact find, uh, weapons, or evidence of weapons programs that are, are conclusive.

• Donald Rumsfeld:  We know where they are. They're around the area of Tikrit and Baghdad, and east, west, south, and north.

• Donald Rumsfeld:  I don't think we'll discover anything, myself.

• Donald Rumsfeld:  It appears that there were not weapons of mass destruction.

• Reporter says to Donald Rumsfeld:  You said you knew where they were.
  Donald Rumsfeld responds:  I did not.

• Donald Rumsfeld:  Well, first of all, I, I haven't lied.

• Donald Rumsfeld:  I don't know of anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.

• Dick Cheney:  And we believe he has in fact reconstituted nuclear weapons.

• Colin Powell:  Saddam Hussein is determined to get his hands on a nuclear bomb.

• George W. Bush (43):  We can not wait for the final proof.

• George W. Bush (43):  It could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

• Donald Rumsfeld:  Colin Powell did not lie.

• Colin Powell:  My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources; solid sources. These are not assertions. What we are giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence.

• Colin Powell previously stated in February of 2001:  He [Saddam] has not developed any significant capabilities with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.

• George W. Bush (43):  The [Saddam] regime is seeking a nuclear bomb.

• Dick Cheney:  I have not suggested there is a connection between Iraq and 911.

• Reporter states to Dick Cheney:  You have said in the past that is quote "pretty well confirmed".
  Dick Cheney responds:  No, I never said that.

• Dick Cheney (Dec, 1, 2001):  "It's been pretty well confirmed that he [Osama Bin Laden] did go to Prague and he did meet with, a, senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service.

• George W. Bush (43) (28-Jan-2003):  Saddam aids and protects terrorists, including members of Al-Qaeda.

• Reporter asks George W. Bush (43):  [What did Iraq have to do] with the attack on the world trade center?
  George W. Bush (43) responded:  Nothing.

• George W. Bush (43):  I, I don't think we ever said, I least I know I didn't say that there was a direct connection between September 11th and, and, and, and Saddam Hussien.

• Condoleza Rice:  Of course, it was information that was mistaken.

• George W. Bush (43) later joked about it:  Those weapons of mass destruction gotta be somewhere. . . Nope, no weapons over there. . . Maybe under here [his podium]?

. . . all followed by numerous blunders, more false statements, and incompetence by the Executive Branch and Congress.