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The article that previously appeared under this URL has been removed
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quoted in the article did not, as they claimed, attend a White House
meeting between President George W. Bush where we reported he called
the Constitution a “god damned pieced of paper.”
Although we
believe President Bush has a history of flagrant disregard for the
protections and liberties outlined in the Constitution, we cannot
confirm that he made the statement and retract the article.
Our
apologies to our readers. Our policies regarding the use of unnamed
sources were changed in 2006 and the article would not have appeared on
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