The AP reports that a spokesman for Republican Mitt Romney said the presidential candidate did not approve the creation of a Web site severely critical of the personal and political life of Fred Thompson.
The Web site, PhoneyFred.org, was created by Wesley Donehue, a business partner of Warren Tompkins, a South Carolina political operative on the Romney payroll and Romney’s top adviser in the early voting state.
Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said the site was created without the knowledge of Tompkins or Romney. After the campaign received media inquiries about it, Romney aides traced the site to Donehue and complained.