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Latest Fact-Checks In Terrorism

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."
Half-True
By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 17, 2015 a viral meme on social media
While Americans pray for Paris, the government has acted on mandatory national vaccinations.
Pants on Fire!
By April Hunt • November 20, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 an official statement posted on Facebook.
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2015 a joint statement with the president of Turkey.
"The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa.
Climate change is "directly related" to the growth of terrorism.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 16, 2015
Ben Rhodes
Ben Rhodes
stated on November 15, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria."
True
By Lauren Carroll • November 15, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 15, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"It takes almost a year for a refugee to be processed in the United States."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • November 15, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 the Democratic debate in Iowa
Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Fox Business Network debate
Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 19, 2015 a segment of Fox News' "Hannity"
"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman, Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 21, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 5, 2015 on NBC's Today Show
"There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."
Mostly True
By Clayton Youngman • October 12, 2015
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Viral image
stated on October 1, 2015 a Facebook post
Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 5, 2015
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on September 12, 2015 the Republican weekly radio/TV address
Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 30, 2015 a campaign Tweet
The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 15, 2015 a radio interview
Israel has seen a "90 percent reduction in terrorist attacks" that it attributes to building a 500-mile fence.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • October 2, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on September 10, 2015 interview with Democracy Now!
Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2015
Town hall audience member
Town hall audience member
stated on September 17, 2015 a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.
"You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American."  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 18, 2015
Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2015
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