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> Sam Sloan wrote:
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> << [M]y statements were made to a convention of the Libertarian Party
> and nobody present other than myself was a rated tournament chess
> player or a member of the USCF. These people present would not know nor
> care what is the difference between a master, a grandmaster, an expert
> or an A-player. >>
>
> Sloan republishes these statements by a prominent link to the Google
> Video of his remarks; it is currently the first link in the main
> section of the samsloan.com homepage. Sloan, like Tanner, is a USCF
> board member claiming a USCF title that he never earned.
>
> Unlike Tanner, Sloan has not retracted his false statements.