Do you still believe there is no evidence that Iraq was involved in September 11?
CHENEY: Well, what we now have that's developed since you and I last talked, Tim, of course, was that report that's been pretty well confirmed, that he did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April, several months before the attack.
Fast forward:
BORGER: Well, let's get to Mohammad Atta for a minute, because you mentioned him as well. You have said in the past that it was, quote, "pretty well confirmed." Vice Pres. CHENEY: No, I never said that. BORGER: OK. Vice Pres. CHENEY: Never said that. Okay, justshutup, are you seriously going to sit there and say he isn't denying the earlier comment?
Not when he goes on to repeat it and even add to it. Borger does not quote his remark and it is rather open ended when Cheney jumps in.
A denial would be "no the report that he met in Prague with a senior Iraqi official has been shown to be false." That is a denial not this comment prior to adding even more information about the ties and THEN specifically saying the report has not been confirmed or refuted.