Dallas News: All claims of terrorist infiltration of border so far have been bogus

When it comes to claims that the US-Mexico border allows terrorists through to harm America, they all have one thing in common: So far, none of them are true, reports David McLemore at the Dallas News ("Tales of terrorists breaching border overblown, so far," Dec. 11), confirming prior assessments of similar public statements on this blog.

Said Texas homeland security director Steve McCraw to McLemore, "These reports get out into the public and get magnified quickly before the facts can be confirmed, and that's a shame." Well, gee, sir, I've got a solution for you: Stop making unsubstantiated claims whenever it suits your political aims!

See prior, related Grits posts:

• Hyping Fear: As Texas Congressmen tell big fat lies, where are media factcheckers?
• Texas homeland security chief hyping phony border threats
• Congressman made up Al Qaeda incident at Texas border
• I wish the truth would hurry up and tie its shoes
• Even more hyped border threats
• Governor's ad avoids debating real border problems