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Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 2, 2007 a television interview.:

"America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence."

Half-True

By Shawn Zeller • November 19, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.:

''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''

False

By John Frank • November 13, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 5, 2007 a newspaper column:

"The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006."

True

By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 31, 2007:

"I had prostate cancer, five, six years ago. My chance of surviving prostate cancer, and thank God I was cured of it, in the United States, 82%. My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England, only 44% under socialized medicine."

False

By Lisa Greene • October 31, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 31, 2007 New York, N.Y.:

"Fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. A 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. A 67 percent decline in robbery. A 66 percent decline in murder. This is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time.

True

By Wes Allison • October 26, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 21, 2007 a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.:

Thompson "voted against $250,000 caps on damages (and) almost anything that would make our legal system fairer."

Mostly False

By Jody Kyle • October 25, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 21, 2007 a debate in Orlando, Fla.:

"I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City." -

Mostly False

By Wes Allison • October 22, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 a debate in Dearborn, Mich.:

"I cut taxes 23 times when I was mayor of New York City."

Half-True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 3, 2007:

"When I was mayor of New York City, I encouraged adoptions. Adoptions went up 65-70 percent. Abortions went down 16 percent."

Half-True

By Tom Tobin • September 28, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 19, 2007 a comment to reporters in London.:

"I'm probably one of the four or five best-known Americans in the world."

Pants on Fire!

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 17, 2007 a comment to reporters in Tampa.:

"What they will do is socialized medicine."

False

By Kris Hundley • September 18, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 31, 2007 New York.:

"The crime decline in the United States would be fairly small if it wasn't for the crime decline in New York City."

False

By Wes Allison • September 1, 2007

Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 30, 2007 a speech in Laconia, New Hampshire.:

"Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise taxes faster. It looks like they're going to raise taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent."

Half-True

By John Martin • August 6, 2007

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