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Latest Fact-Checks In Terrorism

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2014 an opinion article
Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."  
True
May 19, 2014
Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy
stated on May 11, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"We were the last flag flying in Benghazi."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2014
John Garamendi
John Garamendi
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, "the ambassador's body was dragged through the street."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on May 4, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."  
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • May 4, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2014 viral posts on the Internet
"22 Countries Invaded by the U.S. in 20 Years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on February 7, 2014 an email blast
"More than 40,000 troops are still stationed in Afghanistan with no clear objective. Even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 American soldiers will still be on the ground."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."  
False
By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on December 22, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck."  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 22, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 19, 2013 a debate on the Senate floor
"The recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from Guantanamo."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2013
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on October 30, 2013 in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure."
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on October 14, 2013 an interview with the Texas Observer
The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 9, 2013 an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire'
"We've seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. We've also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on September 4, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network
Chemical weapons have been used "probably 20 times" since the Persian Gulf War.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 4, 2013 a chain email
An account of attacks in Benghazi written by former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers shows that the body of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was "dragged through the streets" and abused.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on July 25, 2013 a web ad.
"Rep. Frank Wolf voted to allow terror suspects to buy guns."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • September 6, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 30, 2013 an MSNBC interview
Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • August 2, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 26, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"I was banned from talking about" Bill Ayers during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2013
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