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» Candidate/Organization: John Spencer
» Other Candidates Mentioned: Hillary Clinton
» Year: 2006
» State: New York
» Race: Senate, District N/A
» Party: Republican
» Funded by: Candidate
» Disseminations: TV, Web

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» Cues: Candidate Present, Cited sources, On-screen Writing, September 11
» Issues: anti-incumbent, National Defense, War on Terror
» Tone: Negative
» Types: Attack, Issue
» Music: Ominous
» Characters: Osama Bin Laden
» Narrator: Female
» Language: English

Analysis

By factcheck.org: Republican John Spencer says Hillary Clinton "opposes the Patriot Act" when in fact she voted for the law in 2001 and again in 2006 when it was renewed.

Additionally, Spencer claims "National Security Agency wiretaps of terrorist suspects were vital to stopping this attack" on US-bound airliners. Actually, US law enforcement played a relatively small role. British officials uncovered the alleged plot and quietly followed its development for months before alerting US officials just days before the arrests. More...