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Title: Sen. Paul Calls for "Open Rebellion" Against NSA Spy Program
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The New American
URL Source: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnew ... term=0_8ca494f2d2-e56b782578-2
Published: May 22, 2015
Author: Jack Kenny
Post Date: 2015-05-22 08:44:15 by BobCeleste
Keywords: TNA
Views: 1244
Comments: 4
With a call for “open rebellion” against the program, Senator Rand Paul (shown, R-Ky.) held the Senate floor for ten-and-a-half hours Wednesday in opposition to extending provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that allow the National Security Agency to collect billions of telephone records and and electronic messages every day. "We should be in open rebellion, saying, 'enough is enough, we're not going to take it anymore,'" Paul said of the NSA’s “metadata” program. Calling for “a thorough and complete debate,” the first-term senator asked: "Do we want to live in a world where the government knows everything about us? Do we want to live in a word where the government has us under constant surveillance?" The PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Section 215, which authorizes the surveillance activities, is due to expire on June 1, unless reauthorized by Congress. A Justice Department memo, circulated among members of Congress Wednesday, said unless Congress renews the authority or a modified version of it, the NSA will begin “taking steps to wind down” bulk collection of data as early as this Friday. ...
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#3. To: BobCeleste (#0)
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"One question I would ask, if there was anybody that would actually tell you the answer, would be: If we already gave them liability protection under the Patriot Act, why are they getting it again under the USA Freedom Act unless we're asking them to do something new that they didn't have permission for?" Paul asked. “If you think bulk collection is wrong, why do they need new authorities? Why are we giving them some new authorities?" President Obama has said he supports the House bill and would sign it into law. The GOP house, Boehner, and the GOP senate, are 99% Obama lap dogs. In the senate there is only Rand and 2 other patriotic RINO's to oppose Obama. The mainstream Republicans are all Acorns.
You are being to kind to them.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestPaul argued Wednesday that the Freedom Act still left the government with inordinate surveillance power, citing the liability protection it provides telephone companies as evidence that the program will continue to invade the privacy of citizens’ communications.
#4. To: hondo68 (#3)
The GOP house, Boehner, and the GOP senate, are 99% Obama lap dogs. In the senate there is only Rand and 2 other patriotic RINO's to oppose Obama. The mainstream Republicans are all Acorns.
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