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Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video:
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a web video:
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video:
"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a television ad:
Sherrod Brown "sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • August 13, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Obama "refuses to recognize Jerusalem" as the capital of Israel.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” :
"The president's first major foreign policy speech in Cairo was to apologize for our country."
False
By Maryalice Gill • July 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on 'Face the Nation.':
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2012
Wes Riddle
Wes Riddle
stated on May 16, 2012 a Facebook post:
Says U.S. is giving seven Alaskan islands to Russia.
False
By Sue Owen • July 27, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 25, 2012 a video shown on cable news shows:
Says Romney had the uniforms for the 2002 Winter Olympic games made in Burma.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 25, 2012 an advertisement:
"Thousands (in China) owe their jobs to Mitt Romney's companies."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2012
Secure America Now
Secure America Now
stated on July 4, 2012 a TV ad:
"For his first interview as president, Barack Obama chose Arab TV for an apology."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • July 12, 2012
stated on July 2, 2012 a news release:
The United States can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 12, 2012
Craig James
Craig James
stated on May 16, 2012 a speech in Tyler, Texas.:
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are negotiating with the United Nations about doing a treaty that will ban the use of firearms."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech:
"When we took office, let me remind you, there was virtually no international pressure on Iran."
False
By Eric Stirgus • May 14, 2012
WrongWayRubio.com
WrongWayRubio.com
stated on May 8, 2012 a Twitter messaging campaign:
Says that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says troops are leaving Iraq "too fast."
True
By Joshua Gillin • May 8, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State:
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
stated on March 26, 2012 a Twitter post:
"Obama tells Russia that he'll turn over America's defense system to them if re-elected."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • April 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2012 a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee:
Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on February 29, 2012 a Web video advertisement:
"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 24, 2012
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