Lottsa Phone Records

Regarding the phone company denials, maybe someone should just go ask Trent Lott who confirmed the basic story a few days ago:

Senator Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, told reporters he was briefed on the program and said the U.S. needs ``to use modern technological tools'' to defeat terrorists. President George W. Bush, while not confirming or denying the effort, defended his administration's spying and said the government isn't ``trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans.''

USA Today, citing anonymous sources with direct knowledge of the arrangement, reported today that the phone companies turned the records over to the NSA. The spy agency has compiled a massive database with the information, the newspaper reported.

Lott said the story ``undermines'' the program, which he called ``legitimate and legal.''