No, this confirms that somebody wrote that Saddam told him something.
Heads of states and former heads of states can claim that they have or do not have or never had nuclear weapons or that they never had sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.
Talk is extremely cheap. Especially when the person that is talking has an agenda.
Saddam had nuclear weapons scientists just as North Korea and Pakistan did and the U.S. did in 1945. North Korea and Pakistan never had nuclear weapons and neither did the United States of America in 1945 ....... until, one particular day, they did.
Nuclear weapons are like omelettes in a kitchen. You inspect that kitchen at 7:00 AM and there is no sign of an omlettte. At 7:30 AM, a dozen eggs, some bacon and some shredded cheese is missing and, magically, four omelettes have appeared in the kitchen.
WTF are we doing there?
Whether or not we should have gone in there to solve the Saddam threat once and for all can be debated. Maybe he was about to whip up some omelettes or maybe he wasn't. We may never know.
What is perfectly clear is that, right now, if the U.S. bugs out, that will leave Iranian Islamist nutjobs seeking nuclear weapons and delivery systems with the military hegemony over 70% of the World's known oil reserves.
The technical strategic term for such a move is "Screwing the Pooch".
That is what we are doing there.