Claim: Republican Newt Gingrich mistakenly claimed on "Meet the Press" that a U.S. helicopter involved in the Osama bin Laden raid "was shot down." There's no evidence of that. U.S. officials say it crash landed and was destroyed by Navy SEALs. Gingrich also was wrong to say Pakistan's intelligence chief did not apologize for "failing to find" bin Laden. He may not have apologized to Gingrich or the U.S. public, but he did apologize to the Pakistani Parliament.
Fact-check: Gingrich Overshoots the Truth - FactCheck.org
Verdict: republican newt gingrich mistakenly claimed on "meet the press" that a u.s. helicopter involved in the osama bin laden raid "was shot down." there's no evidence of that. u.s. officials say it crash landed and was destroyed by navy seals. gingrich also was wrong to say pakistan's intelligence chief did not apologize for "failing to find" bin laden. he may not have apologized to gingrich or the u.s. public, but he did apologize to the pakistani parliament.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2011-05-18T00:48:51