Plausible Deniability...

...That's how I summarize USA Today's followup on May's bombshell phone record database story.

USA Today: Lawmakers: NSA database incomplete

It's definitely worth reading. At least USA Today is being thorough in their reporting.

[PS- TPM Muckraker analysis:
NSA Phone Database Update: Bellsouth, Verizon Not in Program?

**BIG UPDATE: Another pillar of the President's defense crumbles around him:
Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say (Bloomberg)]