claim: says the department of defense changed its definitions of al-qaeda and the taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
author: ron paul
evidence_1: mar 28, 2012 ... this week, we've been doing round ups of ratings on each of the four gop ...  paul earned a half true for saying that when republicans held ... claim that the  department of defense changed its definitions of al-qaeda and the taliban  making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
evidence_2: says the department of defense changed its definitions of al-qaeda and the  taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
evidence_3: nov 29, 2011 ... so i assume the congressman was referring to this section of the ... with al- qaeda, the taliban, and associated forces and that those entities ... paul said in  the nov. ... department of defense  budget they have changed the wording on ...  means almost anybody can be loosely associated -- so that makes all ...
evidence_4: nov 23, 2011 ... cnn reports that the debate “exposed deep fault lines within the gop ... they  said, don't be willing to sacrifice liberty for security. ... and i say it's a haven for  bad behavior. ... changed the wording on the definition of al-qaeda and taliban.  ... means almost anybody can be loosely associated so that makes all ...
evidence_5: al-qaeda (/ælˈkaɪdə, ˌælkɑːˈiːdə/; arabic: القاعدة   al-qāʿidah, ipa: [ ælqɑːʕɪdɐ], ... among the beliefs ascribed to al-qaeda members is the  conviction that a .... sam schmidt, a defense attorney who defended al-fadl said:  ... any person associated with al-qaeda for any acts or statements made by bin  laden.