Rand: Our Founding Fathers Would Be Mortified By NSA...Top of Drudge

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WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul lashed out against the federal government’s sweeping surveillance programs on Wednesday, staking an aggressive position on an issue already dividing the Republican presidential field. The libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican, who launched a White House bid earlier in the month, noted that members of his own party support programs that allow the National Security Agency to collect the phone records of millions of Americans. “Our Founding Fathers would be mortified,” Paul said during an awards ceremony hosted by the Constitution Project, a Washington think tank.

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The federal government’s surveillance programs could play prominently in the GOP presidential primary contest, which is heating up just as Congress debates surveillance programs initiated by President George W.Bush’s administration and continued under President Barack Obama. In a Tuesday radio interview, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is expected to run for the GOP nomination, praised the Obama administration’s use of “big metadata programs” that began under Bush’s older brother.

“There has been a continuation of a very important service,” Bush said. “The first obligation, I think, of our national government is to keep us safe. And the technologies that now can be applied to make that so, while protecting civil liberties, are there.”

Comments looking good: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/04/23/rand-paul-our-founding-fathers-would-be-mortified-by-nsa/

 

[radiofriendly]

Another good one which adds Rubio to the list of NSA supporters:
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/239816-paul-founding-fathers-would-be-mortified-by-nsa-backers

The tweet: https://twitter.com/thehill/status/591205566422319104

 

[Ronin Truth]

Uh, Yeah!

"Our forefathers would be firing by now."

 

[ClydeCoulter]

I see a lot of talk, but not much actual getting anything done. NSA, Asset Forfeiture, Obamacare, No Knock Raids, Inflation, Out Right Theft/graft/violations being done in daylight with no consequences. Isn't McConnell fast tracking parts of Patriot Act/NSA spying?

But, lot's of good stuff to campaign on....

 

[idiom]

I see a lot of talk, but not much actual getting anything done. NSA, Asset Forfeiture, Obamacare, No Knock Raids, Inflation, Out Right Theft/graft/violations being done in daylight with no consequences. Isn't McConnell fast tracking parts of Patriot Act/NSA spying?

But, lot's of good stuff to campaign on....

The consensus has to shift a bit still.

 

[cat_woman]

This is one of the big issues that will really separate Rand from the rest of the crowd.

And kudos to Drudge for featuring the story so prominently. I've thought for a long time that he's a libertarian.

 

[PaleoPaul]

Now THERE'S the Rand we know and love. He's starting to sound like his Dad again.