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Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Last Week Tonight":
"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 a conference in Silicon Valley:
"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing:
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014:
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
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By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on September 9, 2014 a tweet:
A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2014
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe':
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
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By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 15, 2013 a speech at CPAC:
"Already, a prototype driverless car has traveled more than 300,000 miles in the crowded maze of California streets without a single accident."
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By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on February 19, 2013 an interview:
"You can't bring an iPad or a piece of paper and a pencil in the (Wisconsin Assembly) gallery to take notes of what's going on," but "you can bring a gun up there."
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By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a speech:
The federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of Google.
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By Eric Stirgus • July 9, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 14, 2011 his first speech on the U.S. Senate floor:
"Anywhere in the world, when someone uses a mobile phone, e-mail, the Internet or GPS, they are enjoying the benefits of the American miracle."
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By Becky Bowers • June 15, 2011
Michael McAuliff
Michael McAuliff
stated on May 17, 2011 website article:
"Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in humans."
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By Tom Kertscher • May 22, 2011
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 18, 2010 an e-mail message:
"Last year, (Bill McCollum) spent more than $2.2 million dollars to produce and air campaign-style TV ads where you were featured in almost every frame."
Mostly True
By Trenton Daniel • May 25, 2010
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