Russert catches Cheney lying about Iraq and Al Qaeda on Meet the Press

Two days after the US Senate Intelligence Committee report stated categorically that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda leader Zarqawi, Cheney just went on Meet the Press this morning and stated categorically that there was a link. When Russert pushed him and told him that the Senate report says he's wrong. Cheney replied that he hadn't seen the report. ThinkProgress has the video.

Cheney outright lied today. He's been doing it for years about Iraq and Al Qaeda, but this time he was caught. Kudos to Russert for catching him. But the mainstream media needs to blow up this story. At some point, Cheney and Bush need to be held accountable for their continuing need to lie about the war in Iraq.