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	Beauchamp Recants

jatfla

8-6-2007 11:14 PM

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jatfla says:

Thankfully, people were on this from the start. If there was a "smidgen" of truth, then investigate it. If he is 'recanting' then let it be published as quickly and thoroughly as his articles.

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8-6-2007 11:50 PM

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