Monday NSA Ruling Increases Likelihood of Sen. Rand Paul Filing Suit

Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been recruiting potential plaintiffs, considering a class-action lawsuit against the National Security Agency to try to halt its massive phone records collection. Judge Richard Leon's ruling Monday that the collections are a violation of the Fourth Amendment may be tipping the senator's hand toward pushing ahead.

A staffer spoke with U.S. News:

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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Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

This is unbelievable! He's going to plagiarize the lawsuits now?

[Francisco d Anconia]

Ran Paul?

[The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc]

That's Rand Paul's evil twin.

[Invisible Finger]

His evil Japanese twin

[Invisible Finger]

But are they related to Ru Paul?

[Francisco d Anconia]

Cousins.

[The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc]

Their holiday get-togethers in Galveston are FABU-LOUS!

[Brian D]

There's a third, Also Ran Paul, but nobody remembers him.

[Almanian!]

You can tell it's the evil twin because he has a mustache

[Francisco d Anconia]

I thought it needed to be a goatee?

[Episiarch]

A soul patch and mustache will also do the trick.

[Sevo]

Hey, Virginia isn't here anymore.

[Sevo]

Pretty sure he just found another source of volunteers to join the action.

[Almanian!]

Thanks for the frivolous lawsuits, Rand Paul! Way to waste our tax dollars - the government fighting itself about protecting citizens from terrorist actions!

Just what I'd expect from a so-called "libertarian" nihilist.

[VicRattlehead]

no instead lets waste Billions on building a massive data center to store the useless information of law abiding citizens illegally seized by tyrannical oppressors, all at the same time granting tax immunity to CAIR, NORAID and other known terrorist charity organizations. Seriously progressives need to think before being critical of someone trying to protect them from thought policing sociopaths hell bent on murdering us all in death camps until only those who will be completely submissive like you remain, at least i will die a free man instead of living as a slave.

[Francisco d Anconia]

What's a nihilist Walter?

[Scarecrow Repair]

If Walter brings a petard to your house, make sure he hoists himself a safe distance away.

[RishJoMo]

The NSA clearly has a LOT of spae time on its hands!

http://www.AnonGoes.tk

[VicRattlehead]

Well if i was being paid to play video games all day, I'd be clocking overtime. shit for a tax deduction I'll spend 4 hours a night protecting the galaxy from the Reaper invasion.