claim: "the head of the fbi has told congress they cannot vet those (syrian) refugees."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: nov 17, 2015 ... vetting syrian refugees poses a quandary: how do you screen people from a war -torn country that has few criminal and terrorist databases to check? ... fbi  director james comey added in congressional testimony last month that “a  number of people who were of serious concern” slipped through the ...
evidence_2: aug 12, 2016 ... "thousands of syrian refugees are pouring into our country, thanks to president  obama," beruff said in an aug. 8 facebook post. "this is an open invitation to  acts of terror. even the director of the fbi said that we cannot properly vet people  coming from the middle east." immigration has been a major focus ...
evidence_3: oct 21, 2015 ... fbi admits there's no way to screen all the syrian refugees the obama  administration plans to accept into the us ... fbi director james comey on  wednesday told congress that the federal government cannot conduct thorough  checks on all of the coming influx of 10,000 ..... let saudi arabia have them.
evidence_4: oct 12, 2016 ... and his claim that "the fbi is not even being told where they are" reminds us of a  mostly false claim by sen. ted cruz that "the head of the fbi has told congress  they cannot vet those refugees." vetting refugees. mccrory said at the debate  there's no embassy to help with background checks. but the u.s. ...
evidence_5: dec 27, 2015 ... the former head of the department of homeland security (dhs) says the u.s.  does not have the capabilities to vet syrian refugees seeking asylum in the ... talk  about screening, they talk about being able to review everybody in a timely way,  and it may take a year or two,” tom ridge told john catsimatidis ...