Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA's Collection of Metadata 380
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."
Re:Rand Paul is the only honest politician left. (Score:0, Informative)
he does? hrm, you're going to have to inform the rest of the world that they've got the numbers wrong [typepad.com] ...
Re:Cult leader's son behaving like a cult leader (Score:4, Informative)
Agreed.
While I certainly don't agree with all of Rand Paul's ideas, I applaud him for actually HAVING ideas in the first place. Far too many Congress-critters only care about keeping the status quo (and using the status quo to keep their 'hookers and blow' funds fully stocked.)
Re:I agree with the claimed motives... (Score:4, Informative)
Bear in mind, Obama cannot run for a 3rd term. Also bear in mind that the NSA spying began under a Republican (GW Bush) administration which fast-tracked the Patriot act through and created numerous other unpleasant changes in the name of fighting terrorism.
https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying... [eff.org]
Re:Cult leader's son behaving like a cult leader (Score:2, Informative)
In the case of Rand Paul, he is one of the VERY few members of Congress who seem to actually have the people's best interests at heart.
Really? In what way is the elimination of representation of the people in the senate, or decrease of upper income taxation at the expense of the lower income brackets, an example of having "the people's best interests at heart"?