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Latest Fact-Checks In Terrorism

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:
Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian  ... refugees . . .  despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."  
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on June 27, 2016 a statement:
"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."
Half-True
By Anna Orso • July 8, 2016
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
stated on April 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We know that Saudi Arabia started al-Qaida."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 24, 2016
Great America PAC
Great America PAC
stated on March 31, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:
"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 5, 2016 a public forum:
Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2016
Joe Heck
Joe Heck
stated on February 23, 2016 a press release:
"There is no evidence to support the claim that Guantanamo is used as a recruiting tool" for terrorists.
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • February 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall:
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 22, 2016 a campaign email:
Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 16, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2015 an interview on Fox:
The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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