Dick Cheney's relationship with Mohammad Atta

The Senate Intelligence Committee, run by Republicans, issued a report on Friday saying that there was no relationship between Saddam and Zarqawi, a senior Al Qaeda operative - and in fact, Saddam tried to capture Zarqawi. Also, the CIA reached the same conclusion last fall. But that hasn't stopped the Dick Cheney and White House spokesman Tony Snow from repeating the lie over the past few days.

What's particularly odd about today's outburst from Snow is that he claims the simple fact that Al Qaeda was operating in Iraq, even though it was without Saddam's okay, is proof that there was a relationship between Saddam and Al Qaeda.

Which means, of course, that there was a relationship between Dick Cheney and Mohammad Atta.