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Latest Fact-Checks In Terrorism

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Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview on Fox's "Hannity"
Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 11, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland
"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015
Allen West
Allen West
stated on August 1, 2015 a blog on his website
The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 4, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2015 a meme on social media
Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi. 
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 14, 2015 Campaign speech
"One of the reasons I believe we’re in trouble in Yemen is we lost the population on drone strikes issues. That’s what stirred up the population. That’s what is happening in Yemen."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • July 26, 2015
Restoration PAC
Restoration PAC
stated on July 22, 2015 a TV ad
President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
Pants on Fire!
July 24, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 22, 2015 an interview on Fox News
The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies."  
False
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2015 a campaign rally in South Carolina
The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl "are right now back on the battlefield."
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 23, 2015
Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller
stated on July 16, 2015 a tweet
"ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn.
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 21, 2015
Stanley McChrystal
Stanley McChrystal
stated on June 12, 2015 comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show
ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 25, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 a speech
Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."
Mostly False
June 25, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 a speech announcing his 2016 presidential campaign
The Islamic State "just built a hotel in Syria."
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 16, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 a radio interview
"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government."
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 10, 2015 a USA Today op-ed
"There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.  
Half-True
By Kirby Wilson • June 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a roundtable in New Hampshire
"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 24, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2015
Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy
stated on May 15, 2015 an interview on Fox News
Says the State Department has "had half a year" to respond to a Benghazi document request, yet "I have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 21, 2015
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
More money is dedicated within the Department of Homeland Security to climate change than what's spent combating "Islamist terrorists radicalizing over the Internet in the United States of America."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2015
Rich Lowry
Rich Lowry
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."
True
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2015
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