Glenn KesslerWashington Post October 4, 2011 “And don’t forget I sit on the Intelligence Committee. We deal with the nation’s classified secrets. This is an open-source document. I’m not sharing something I shouldn’t, but China has blinded United States satellites with their lasers.” — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Sept. 30 A reader sent us an […]
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Bachmann’s claim that China ‘blinded’ U.S. satellites


Did Bachmann’s drug lobbyist claims ring true?


CNN September 13, 2011 During Monday’s CNN/Tea Party debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann criticized Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s short-lived 2007 executive order requiring girls to get a vaccination for human papillomavirus, claiming in part that his former chief of staff lobbied for the drug maker, and that the company made millions of dollars because of […]