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Bret Baier
Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech:
In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
True
By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 13, 2015 in a press conference:
"About 30 percent" of those released from Guantanamo "have re-entered the fight."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2015
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
stated on January 11, 2015 in a "Washington Post" op-ed:
The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 14, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics:
The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on December 9, 2014 in a news release.:
"After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding."
True
By Sean Gorman • January 12, 2015
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on January 11, 2015 in an interview on CBS "Face the Nation":
Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."
True
By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2015
Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter:
"Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 8, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview:
The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2014 in a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President:
A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • December 16, 2014
Peter King
Peter King
stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance:
"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:
Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release:
The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2014 in a meme on social media:
A sign in Dearborn, Mich., for the Advancement of Islamic Agenda for America says, "Allah be praised. America we will kill you all and nothing you can do to stop it."
Pants on Fire!
By Nai Issa • November 24, 2014
Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro
stated on October 15, 2014 in a YouTube video:
"We’re above 800 million Muslims radicalized, more than half the Muslims on Earth That’s not a minority. That’s now a majority."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on September 26, 2014 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
"Prayer rugs have recently been found on the Texas side of the border in the brush."
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour • October 19, 2014
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
stated on October 7, 2014 in an interview with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News:
"At least 10 ISIS fighters have been caught coming across the Mexican border in Texas" and there are "dozens more that did not get caught by the Border Patrol."
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2014
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
stated on October 3, 2014 in an interview on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
The Islamic State is so small it "couldn't fill a Double A ballpark in Charleston, W. Va."
False
By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2014
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