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Latest Fact-Checks In Terrorism

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Richard Clarke
Richard Clarke
stated on April 26, 2015 a panel on ABC "This Week":
 Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC:
U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 9, 2015
CNN
CNN
stated on February 18, 2015 a graphic on CNN Newsroom:
"ISIS lures women with kittens, nutella."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 a radio interview:
ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 13, 2015 a press conference:
"About 30 percent" of those released from Guantanamo "have re-entered the fight."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2015
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
stated on January 11, 2015 a "Washington Post" op-ed:
The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 14, 2015
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News:
Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on September 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News:
"We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2014
Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters
stated on September 24, 2014 an interview on "America's Newsroom":
Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2014
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference:
"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on September 10, 2014 a broadcast on MSNBC:
Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014
Ending Spending Action Fund
Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on August 4, 2014 television attack ad:
Michelle Nunn’s "foundation directed grants to an Islamic group tied to radical terrorists."  
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • August 8, 2014
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 4, 2014 comments on her MSNBC show:
"So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s."  
Mostly False
By Derek Tsang • August 7, 2014
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
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
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
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 24, 2013 an email to supporters:
"Republicans actually doctored emails between administration officials about Benghazi. Then, they released them to the press, trying to pass them off as real."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • June 4, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on May 19, 2013 an appearance on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’:
Says Hillary Clinton "was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2013 a press availability:
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2013
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2013 a White House press briefing:
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2013
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