Did Cheney lie?

We read in a New York Times story Bush Forcefully Defends War, Citing Safety of U.S. and World, the following: (emphasis added)

"Senator Kerry and Senator Edwards are criticizing the president for looking at the same information they did and coming to the same conclusion they did," Mr. Cheney said in Harrisburg, noting that they had voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq. "The president made the right decision, and John Kerry is simply trying to rewrite history for his own political purposes."

It's our understanding that the classified NIE - which contained qualifiers, caveats, and reservations - was only seen by a select few Senators (e.g. Graham, Roberts) and that most member of congress, including Kerry and Edwards, were given the assertive, declassified NIE.

If that's true, Cheney's claim that Kerry and Bush were "looking at the same information" is incorrect.

posted by Quiddity at 7/13/2004 08:34:00 AM