Friday, February 14, 2014

Rand Paul vs. the NSA

Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday officially filed his class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration over National Security Agency data collection, joining with two prominent tea party leaders to make the announcement. 
Paul, a libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican and potential presidential contender, inveighed against NSA surveillance and promised a “historic” lawsuit. He and his allies hope to take the case, which focuses on the NSA’s gathering of telephone metadata, to the Supreme Court.
“There’s a huge and growing swell of protest in this country of people who are outraged that their records are being taken without suspicion, without a judge’s warrant and without individualization,” Paul said at a news conference outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 
Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s former attorney general and last fall’s unsuccessful GOP nominee for governor, is serving as lead counsel for the case. Paul was also joined by Matt Kibbe, the president and CEO of the tea party-tied group FreedomWorks. The men stressed they wanted to make sure the NSA was not going beyond the boundaries of the Constitution. 
“I’m not against the NSA, I’m not against spying, I’m not against looking at phone records,” Paul said. “I just want you to go to a judge, have an individual’s name and [get] a warrant. That’s what the Fourth Amendment says.”
Read the rest of the Story HERE and listen to Charles Krauthammer's and Judge Napolitano's take on Paul's Lawsuit below:




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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr Paul can take my name OFF this stupid ass lawsuit. I have worked with and for the NSA. newsflash, you idiot. If you don't want your calls tagged when you call a terrorist, DON'T CALL ONE. Also, the Gov't owns the spectrum your cell phone, internet and other wireless electronics ride on. If you don't like the gov't being able to tap into your illegal activities, may I suggest using Pony Express?

CRUZ COUNTRY said...

@ Anonymous 7:09 PM

The government does NOT own the public airwaves.

The public airwaves are a national resource that WE THE PEOPLE own.

The government manages national resources & property on behalf of WE THE PEOPLE - albeit atrociously - but it owns NOTHING.

BY LAW - if not in practice - we have a government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Capiche?

Anonymous said...

I guess you need to do a quick stint in the military to learn it, right, cruiekisser?