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Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata

Posted by Soulskill on from the bipartisan-effort-to-blame-the-other-party dept.

RoccamOccam writes Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is filing a class action lawsuit against President Obama and other members of his administration over the National Security Agency's collection of phone metadata, a practice he believes violates the Fourth Amendment. In a YouTube video released Tuesday, Paul compared the government surveillance to the warrantless searches practiced by the British military prior to American independence."

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  1. Rand Paul is the only honest politician left. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So few role models left in the world. This man is truly my hero for standing up to the machine.

    1. Re:Rand Paul is the only honest politician left. by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Well done for accepting that.

      Now what are you going to do about it?

      Vote third party. It may not be effective if I am the only one but at least I can sleep with a clean conscience. Voting for the lesser of two evils is still supporting evil, and not voting is a vote for the status quo. However if everyone were to vote with their conscience instead of the lesser of two evils neither of those would win.

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  2. Re:I agree with him.. by callmetheraven · · Score: 3, Interesting

    He thinks that Obama started the surveillance. Not that it absolves anyone, Obama's fully guilty of continuing Bush's crimes.
    I think the point was that that the left appears to be anxious to turn America into a prison state, as long as it's their guy running the prison.

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