NSA admits spying on Congress

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont wrote to the NSA asking if the agency collects the telephone records of members of Congress, and CNN received a response claiming that they do collect congressmen’s phone records because “Members of Congress have the same privacy protections as all U.S. persons.” In other words, congressmen have no privacy from the prying eyes of the NSA either