Claim: "The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who  are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we don't have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that."
Fact-check: Portman says FBI chief said Syrian refugees can't be vetted
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2016-10-21T00:00:00