Mullin: Claims That Congress Was Briefed NSA Surveillance Are ‘Absolutely False’
Mullin Denies President’s Claim Congress Was Briefed On Phone Surveillance
Associated Press
Markwayne Mullin said in a statement Saturday that comments from the President that Congress knew of the surveillance “is absolutely false.”
OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma is denying that he was ever briefed on cell phone and Internet surveillance by the National Security Agency that sweeps up an estimated 3 billion phone calls a day and collects Internet data from U.S. providers in an attempt to stop terror attacks.
Mullin said in a statement Saturday that comments that he and his colleagues in Congress knew of the surveillance “is absolutely false.”
President Barack Obama said Friday that “every member of Congress” was briefed on the spy programs.