Will you watch for the transcript so we can read that? I just looked and it's not up yet.
What was Matthews' reaction?
Hardball Last Night:
INHOFE: Well, you know, this is a case—we‘re in the middle of a war right now. They‘ve—you know, they‘ve gone through this thing where a lot of people used to think that there was not a connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Now that has been changed.
People are looking for a political reason to be down on this administration. And certainly, the Iraqis are the first ones in line.
MATTHEWS: What are you saying? People now believe that the Iraqis had something to do with 9/11, Senator?
INHOFE: Oh, yes. I think so. We have that pretty well down in recent reports that have come out, that there‘s no question about the connection. In fact, I can hold up a report before you right now and read it to you, that this is something that was well known at that time.
MATTHEWS: The president himself, a couple weeks back said there‘s been no evidence of any connection between Iraqis and the attack on the United States on 9/11.
INHOFE: We‘re not talking about the attack on 9/11. We‘re talking about the connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
Here is a report right here, that states in 1992, that the—of the four closest friends that they had and they were working with, the last one is Osama bin Laden. He‘s well known Saudi business leader, founder of the Saudi opposition in Afghanistan. And he has connections.
MATTHEWS: What report is that, so we know what that report is, Senator?
INHOFE: That report is called the, “In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate, Top Secret, Republic of Iraq, in 28-3-1992.” I don‘t know how their calendars work. Intelligence services.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you.
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