More on the phone records
BellSouth has asked USA Today for a retraction, saying no "contract" between it and NSA exists as the story claimed.
USA Today says: "Our sources have told us they think we got it right -- they know we've got it right. And they reiterated that what they told us is what showed up in the newspaper."
The issue of a contract, although a legitimate debate about a verifiable fact, is probably less important than the issue of what the contract was supposed to have been for. That said, what else did USA Today expect its sources to say?
Curiouser and curiouser ....