Rand Paul Plots NSA Class-Action Lawsuit Options

[jct74]

Rand Paul Plots NSA Class-Action Lawsuit Options
The anti-surveillance senator has recruited 'hundreds of thousands' of plaintiffs

By STEVEN NELSON
December 17, 2013

After months of consideration, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is moving closer to filing a lawsuit in federal court against National Security Agency surveillance programs.

A senior Paul staffer says U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon's Monday decision that NSA opponents have standing to sue over the bulk collection of phone records makes Paul "much more likely" to file his own lawsuit.

The senior staffer, who spoke with U.S. News on background, says hundreds of thousands of people volunteered online as possible plaintiffs after Paul first floated the idea of a class-action lawsuit in June.

The senator has not firmly decided to file suit and it's still possible Paul will choose to instead assist with three already-filed lawsuits against the NSA.

If Paul does file a lawsuit it would be the fourth major legal attack against the NSA's bulk collection and five-year storage of American phone records.

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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...s-nsa-class-action-lawsuit-options_print.html

 

[Matt Collins]

Rand Paul plots class-action suit against NSA

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/12/17/rand-paul-plots-nsa-class-action-lawsuit-options

 

[libertygold]

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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...s-nsa-class-action-lawsuit-options_print.html

Good move by Rand. Stick it to the Bush-Cheney wing of the party.

 

[ObiRandKenobi]

go rand

 

[eleganz]

Damn, if Rand leads and wins this NSA lawsuit, that will be one of the biggest steps he takes towards the white house.

He will be seen as "a man of the people".

 

[kathy88]

Damn, if Rand leads and wins this NSA lawsuit, that will be one of the biggest steps he takes towards the white house.

He will be seen as "a man of the people".

I hope so. But I also see lots of supposed "freedom lovers" who think Snowden is a terrorist. Mostly evangelical war loving types. I feel weird even typing that. How supposed Christians can support our intervention astounds me on a daily basis. These same folk think Cruz is the second coming. We are going to have a huge battle for this nomination.

 

[rich34]

Yeah bad thing is many liberals will still bash Rand rather than support him..