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Latest Fact-Checks In Homeland Security

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Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on June 2, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Barbara Boxer's worried about the weather" instead of terrorism as the biggest threat to national security.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 12, 2010 an interview
"You’ve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. That’s nuts."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2010
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 9, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
Says federal law enforcement officers cut off questioning of the Christmas Day underwear bomber by giving him a Miranda warning after 30 minutes of questioning.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2010
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 2, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
Numbers on illegal immigrants "are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 3, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2010 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2010
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on February 14, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2010 an interview on CBS
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
February 13, 2010
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2010 an interview on 'The O'Reilly Factor'
A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."
Pants on Fire!
By Kevin Robillard • January 13, 2010
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 8, 2010 an interview on 'Good Morning America'
"We had no domestic attacks under Bush."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • January 8, 2010
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