0 People 14207 Fact-checks 4713 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (14207) Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Tom Cole stated on July 30, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this." By Becky Bowers• August 2, 2013 Lynn Westmoreland stated on June 20, 2013 in an article: "It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so." By Eric Stirgus• July 8, 2013 Arizona Grassroots Action PAC stated on April 20, 2016 in a political advertisement: Says former state Sen. Kelli Ward "wanted to ban our intelligence agencies from operating in Arizona." By Anthony Cave• May 11, 2016 Marco Rubio stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program. By Kirby Wilson• June 4, 2015 Mike Rogers stated on June 09, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week": "It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States." By Becky Bowers• June 13, 2013 Lindsey Graham stated on June 02, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper: The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government." By Lauren Carroll• June 4, 2015 Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before." By Lauren Carroll• December 16, 2015 Bill Foster stated on October 15, 2013 in a Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 debate: "Unemployment in the city of St. Petersburg is below the state average." By Katie Sanders• October 17, 2013 Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in a tweet: "The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process." By Lauren Carroll• March 20, 2017 Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. By Derek Tsang• August 19, 2014 Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2021 Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic presidential debate: Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower." By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2015 Mark Udall stated on June 09, 2013 in a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week": Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism." By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2013 Tom Cotton stated on April 04, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests. By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2017 Bill Kristol stated on December 22, 2013 in 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." By Katie Sanders• December 22, 2013 Hillary Clinton stated on February 24, 2015 in a conference in Silicon Valley: "You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now." By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2015 Mike Rogers stated on November 03, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II. By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2013 Jon Stewart stated on October 30, 2013 in 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." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2013 Donald Trump stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter: Says James Clapper "and virtually everyone else" said "there is no collusion" in the Russia investigation findings. By John Kruzel• May 12, 2017 Articles (4713) What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 Are Americans being 'targeted' for surveillance? By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2013 March 30 shows take on NSA reforms, Obamacare and Ukraine By Jon Greenberg• March 28, 2014 James Clapper's testimony one year later By Steve Contorno• March 11, 2014 What's coming up on the Sunday talk shows By Jon Greenberg• December 20, 2013 McConnell vs. Paul on the Patriot Act and telephone records: What the government accesses By Lauren Carroll• June 2, 2015 How well do you understand AI? Here are 7 terms to know By Loreben Tuquero• August 10, 2023 Fact-checking the NSA phone records program By Lauren Carroll, Kirby Wilson• June 4, 2015 PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Who knew? A round up of fact-checks that proved true By Jim Tharpe• December 25, 2013 17 intelligence organizations or 4? Either way, Russia conclusion still valid By Lauren Carroll• July 6, 2017 Seven whoppers from Trump’s first 100 days By Gabrielle Healy• April 28, 2017 Fact-checking the Sunday Dec. 22 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Fact-checking Vladimir Putin By Aaron Sharockman• January 19, 2014 Fact-checking the Sunday Jan. 19 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• January 19, 2014 Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 Did James Comey tell Donald Trump three times that he isn’t under FBI investigation? By Lauren Carroll• May 10, 2017 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecy By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013
Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Tom Cole stated on July 30, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this." By Becky Bowers• August 2, 2013 Lynn Westmoreland stated on June 20, 2013 in an article: "It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so." By Eric Stirgus• July 8, 2013 Arizona Grassroots Action PAC stated on April 20, 2016 in a political advertisement: Says former state Sen. Kelli Ward "wanted to ban our intelligence agencies from operating in Arizona." By Anthony Cave• May 11, 2016 Marco Rubio stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program. By Kirby Wilson• June 4, 2015 Mike Rogers stated on June 09, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week": "It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States." By Becky Bowers• June 13, 2013 Lindsey Graham stated on June 02, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper: The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government." By Lauren Carroll• June 4, 2015 Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before." By Lauren Carroll• December 16, 2015 Bill Foster stated on October 15, 2013 in a Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 debate: "Unemployment in the city of St. Petersburg is below the state average." By Katie Sanders• October 17, 2013 Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in a tweet: "The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process." By Lauren Carroll• March 20, 2017 Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. By Derek Tsang• August 19, 2014 Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2021 Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic presidential debate: Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower." By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2015 Mark Udall stated on June 09, 2013 in a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week": Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism." By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2013 Tom Cotton stated on April 04, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests. By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2017 Bill Kristol stated on December 22, 2013 in 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." By Katie Sanders• December 22, 2013 Hillary Clinton stated on February 24, 2015 in a conference in Silicon Valley: "You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now." By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2015 Mike Rogers stated on November 03, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II. By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2013 Jon Stewart stated on October 30, 2013 in 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." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2013 Donald Trump stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter: Says James Clapper "and virtually everyone else" said "there is no collusion" in the Russia investigation findings. By John Kruzel• May 12, 2017
What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 Are Americans being 'targeted' for surveillance? By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2013 March 30 shows take on NSA reforms, Obamacare and Ukraine By Jon Greenberg• March 28, 2014 James Clapper's testimony one year later By Steve Contorno• March 11, 2014 What's coming up on the Sunday talk shows By Jon Greenberg• December 20, 2013 McConnell vs. Paul on the Patriot Act and telephone records: What the government accesses By Lauren Carroll• June 2, 2015 How well do you understand AI? Here are 7 terms to know By Loreben Tuquero• August 10, 2023 Fact-checking the NSA phone records program By Lauren Carroll, Kirby Wilson• June 4, 2015 PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Who knew? A round up of fact-checks that proved true By Jim Tharpe• December 25, 2013 17 intelligence organizations or 4? Either way, Russia conclusion still valid By Lauren Carroll• July 6, 2017 Seven whoppers from Trump’s first 100 days By Gabrielle Healy• April 28, 2017 Fact-checking the Sunday Dec. 22 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Fact-checking Vladimir Putin By Aaron Sharockman• January 19, 2014 Fact-checking the Sunday Jan. 19 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• January 19, 2014 Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 Did James Comey tell Donald Trump three times that he isn’t under FBI investigation? By Lauren Carroll• May 10, 2017 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecy By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013
