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Drew Brees backtracks from WMD comment

Drew Brees believed he was making a trenchant point on Twitter when he likened the NFL's "bounty" investigation to the U.S. military's fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

If Brees was attempting to be provocative, well, mission accomplished. But after further consideration -- and a dollop of bad press -- the New Orleans Saints quarterback felt the need to clarify.