Lott Confirms Phone Story "Senator Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, told reporters he was briefed on the program and said the U.S. needs &q
May 10, 2006

Lott Confirms Phone Story

"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...read on

Lott was on "Hardball," yesterday and confirmed that he had been briefed about this and then bashed Jeb Bush.

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