June 08, 2010 11:11 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. McCain Hypocritically Attacks Secretary Napolitano For Changing Stance On Border Troops
May 10, 2010 10:11 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 9, 2010
The Mother's Day editions of the Sunday political talk shows spent a great deal of time breaking down last week's failed terrorist bombing in Times Square. In an appearance on ABC's This Week, Rudy Giuliani attacked the Obama administration for its commitment to the rule of law and informing terror suspects of their Miranda rights. In the process, Giuliani warped the facts of recent investigations -- and numerous statements he has made in the past about terrorists, courts and the rule of law contradict his criticisms.
May 07, 2010 3:59 pm ET filed under Video
Steele Claims The Administration Was "Slow To The Table" On Shahzad
Despite the fact that Faisal Shahzad was apprehended just 53 hours after the failed car bombing in Times Square, RNC Chairman Michael Steele baselessly claimed that the Obama administration was "a little slow to the table" in responding to the incident.
May 06, 2010 4:51 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Hatch: It Was "Stupid" To Mirandize Shahzad
May 05, 2010 5:30 pm ET filed under Blog
Heritage Foundation Implicitly Supports Ethnic Profiling
May 04, 2010 12:36 pm ET filed under Blog
Republicans Rush To Politicize Failed Times Square Attack
April 30, 2010 10:57 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Ted Poe Compares Immigrants To Grasshoppers
April 15, 2010 8:57 pm ET filed under Video
Reps. Akin & Turner: Cutting Nukes Creates More Nukes
March 16, 2010 2:29 pm ET filed under Blog
Ignoring IRS Attack and "Jihad Jane," Rep. Steve King Endorses Ethnic Profiling
March 12, 2010 3:40 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Inhofe: Liddy An "Authority" On Gitmo Because He Was In Prison
March 12, 2010 1:36 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Sessions Repeats Debunked Claim About Christmas Bomber
On March 12, 2010, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) penned a column in the New York Daily News in which he claimed that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab stopped talking after he was read his rights. In reality, the failed underwear bomber was Mirandized after he stopped talking and later resumed talking to the authorities.
March 12, 2010 11:17 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sessions Perpetuates Falsehood That Abdulmutallab Stopped Talking After He Was Mirandized
March 08, 2010 4:05 pm ET filed under Blog
On National Security, Americans Prefer Obama To Bush
March 05, 2010 1:56 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Graham Denounces Republicans Who Support "Torture"
March 05, 2010 10:45 am ET filed under Blog
Our Dependence On Foreign Oil Endangers American Troops
February 22, 2010 12:49 pm ET filed under Video
Gen. Petraeus Rejects GOP Stance On Gitmo & Torture
February 19, 2010 4:23 pm ET filed under Blog
CPAC Honors Civilian Terror Trial Supporter John Ashcroft
February 18, 2010 2:22 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Liz Cheney Falsely Suggests Obama Might Prosecute CIA Interrogators
Speaking at CPAC today, Liz Cheney falsely claimed that President Obama would "possibly" prosecute CIA agents who conducted torture. In reality, Obama specifically ruled out prosecuting the intelligence officials who carried out enhanced interrogations according to the guidelines they were provided.
February 16, 2010 4:12 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert Trivializes The Threat Of Terrorism
February 15, 2010 10:06 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows - February 14, 2010
On yesterday's political talk shows, Sen. Lindsey Graham and fmr. Vice President Dick Cheney continued the barrage of rightwing falsehoods assaulting the Obama administration's national security policies. Liz Cheney and Rep. Aaron Schock, respectively, relied on debunked conservative talking points to slander clean energy legislation and the Recovery Act.
February 11, 2010 2:36 pm ET filed under Blog
FLASHBACK: Republicans Touted Terror Convictions Under President Bush
February 11, 2010 10:08 am ET filed under Blog
Newt Gingrich Continues To Struggle With The Facts
February 10, 2010 8:52 am ET filed under Fact Check
Gingrich Falsely Claims The Shoe Bomber Was An American Citizen
During a Daily Show appearance on January 9, 2010, former Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized the Obama administration for reading Miranda rights to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the underwear bomber. Rejecting comparisons to the Bush administration's handling of the shoe bomber, Gingrich falsely claimed Richard Reid was an American citizen. In reality, he was a British citizen.
February 09, 2010 10:45 am ET filed under Blog
Veterans Group Stresses National Security Risks Of Relying On Foreign Oil
February 04, 2010 6:03 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. McConnell Still Shamelessly Playing Politics With Terrorism
February 04, 2010 4:03 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Burton: Working With Abdulmutallab's Parents Is Not "The Way To Conduct Intelligence"
January 18, 2010 9:32 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows
On yesterday's political talk shows, a vast majority of the time was rightly spent discussing the human tragedies following the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. However, the calamity did not stop Sen. Mitch McConnell from further perpetuating the false rightwing talking point that Americans oppose health care reform, or former Bush advisor Karen Hughes from falsely implying the Obama administration wasn't obtaining intelligence from detained terrorists.
January 14, 2010 10:02 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Bachmann Suggests President Obama Advised KSM To Plead Not Guilty
January 08, 2010 3:00 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Kirk Repeats Inaccurate 61 Detainees Figure
Over the past few months, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) has become a leading critic of the Obama administration on matters pertaining to the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Yesterday, Kirk argued his case by claiming "61 former releasees are now waging jihad against the United States." However, that figure was proven to be inaccurate nearly a year ago.
