Claim: National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien dismissed as "Twitter intel" the suggestion that more than 100 captured Islamic State fighters escaped from prisons in Syria amid fighting between Turkish soldiers and Syrian Kurds. But that was a figure provided by the secretary of defense and a top official in the State Department.
Fact-check: Not 'Twitter Intel' - FactCheck.org
Verdict: national security adviser robert o'brien dismissed as "twitter intel" the suggestion that more than 100 captured islamic state fighters escaped from prisons in syria amid fighting between turkish soldiers and syrian kurds. but that was a figure provided by the secretary of defense and a top official in the state department.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2019-10-29T21:46:46