A Lott-a 'splainin to do

News & Politics

Frist and Hastert sent a chest-thumping letter to try to get to the bottom of a Washington Post story revealing the existence of secret US prisons scattered throughout the world [MORE HERE].

But in one fell swoop, Trent Lott undermined that famous GOP unity, because, according to sukabi, "[he] has had enough of being sidelined and is out for blood."

According to Raw Story, Trent Lott told Ed Henry that he believes it was actually a Republican senator that spilled the beans on the secret detention centers.

Why?


Lott said that much of the information contained in the Post report � which stated that the U.S. was holding terrorist suspects in secret CIA jails overseas � was discussed at a meeting of Republican senators last Tuesday.
(AllSpinZone)

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