mondale said he had been told of the existence what he called "the phillips report", and seamans was afraid that mondale might be in possession of a hard copy of the presentation, so he said tentatively that contractors have occasionally been given negative reviews, but that he knew of no such extraordinary report. mondale raised controversy over the report, despite phillips' refusal to characterize it as such before congress, and was angered by what he perceived as webb's deception and concealment of important program problems from congress, and questioned nasa's selection of north american as prime contractor. webb eventually provided a controlled copy of phillips' memo to congress. seamans later wrote that webb roundly chastised him in the cab ride leaving the hearing, for volunteering information which led to the disclosure of phillips' memo.