Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald dismissed President Obama’s promises of strict oversight of surveillance programs within the National Security Agency.

“It’s totally false,” he said flatly, reminding Tapper that Senate Democrats who actually want to reveal elements of the surveillance program are constrained from talking about it or doing anything about it.

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