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Curated research library of TV news clips regarding the NSA, its oversight and privacy issues, 2009-2014

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Primary curation & research: Robin Chin, Internet Archive TV News Researcher; using Internet Archive TV News service.

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Rand Paul
Senator (R-Kentucky), Member of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
FOXNEWSW 05/08/2015
Bolling: What would you like to say to Governor Bush now that the courts have deemed the program illegal? Paul: I think as he gets out around the country, he's going to discover that not many people agree with him. I think most Americans think that you shouldn't have your records collected. Now the second appeals court thinks the same thing. Really your records should be collected consistent with the fourth amendment. A judge should write a warrant, your name should be on it . They should say what they want and they should have probable cause. But I think people who think that we're going to indiscriminately gather up all the phone records, they're not talking to the Americans I'm talking to. Cause I'm gonna have 1,200 kids today at Arizona State, and I’ll bet you not one of them wants their phone records looked at by the government without a warrant.
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Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senator (R-Kentucky), Senate Majority Leader
KQED 05/22/2015
Presiding Officer in the House: The yeas are 338 and the nays are 88. Woodruff: The bill that passed the House is the U.S.A. Freedom Act. It replaces bulk collection of phone records, with case-by-case searches. But senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is firmly opposed to that measure. McConnell: The untried and as of yet non-existent bulk collection system envisioned under that bill would be slower and more cumbersome than the one that currently helps keep us safe. At worst, it might not work at all. Woodruff: McConnell favors a two-month extension of the patriot act, to buy time for a compromise. Another proposal calls for a shorter extension. Other republicans strongly disagree. Kentucky's Rand Paul held the floor for 11 hours Wednesday. Paul: I will not let The Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged.
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Rand Paul
Senator (R-Kentucky), Member of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
CSPAN2 05/31/2015
Paul: We are here this evening because this is an important debate. This is an important debate. This is a debate over the bill of rights. This is a debate over the fourth amendment. This is a debate over your right to be left alone. Justice Brandeis said that the right to be left alone is the most cherished of rights. The right to be left alone is the most prized to civilized men. Let us be clear, we are here tonight because the president continues to conduct an illegal program. The president has been rebuked by the court, the president has been told in no -- in explicit terms, the president has been told that the program he is conducting is illegal.
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Rand Paul
Senator (R-Kentucky), Member of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
CSPAN2 05/31/2015
Paul: This is what we fought the revolution over. are we going to so blithely give up our freedom are we going to so blithely go along and just say take it? Well I'm not going to take it anymore. I don't think the American people are going to take it anymore. 80% of those under 40 say we've gone too far. That this whole collection of all of our records all the time is too much. The court has said how can records be relevant to an investigation that hasn't started? The court has said that even under these lower standards even under these standards of saying it would be relevant, that all of the stuff they're collecting is precisely irrelevant. Now, people say, well, they're not looking at it. They're not listening to it. It's the tip of the iceberg what we're talking about here.
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Rand Paul
Senator (R-Kentucky), Member of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
CSPAN2 05/31/2015
Paul: And realize that they were dishonest about the program until we caught them. They kept saying over and over again we're not doing this, we're not collecting your records, and they were. The head of the intelligence agency lied to the American people and he still works here. We should be upset, we should be marching in the streets and saying he's got to go. We can't allow this. We can't allow the rule of law to be so trod upon that we live in an arbitrary governmental world where they collect anything they want, any time they want. This is the tip of the iceberg. They're collecting records through Executive Order. They're collecting records through Section 702.
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Rand Paul
Senator (R-Kentucky), Member of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
FOXNEWSW 08/06/2015
Paul: I want to collect more records from terrorists, and less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment is what we fought the revolution over. John Adams said it was a spark that led to our war for independence and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights. Christie: And Megan, Megyn, that's -- that's a completely ridiculous answer. I want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. How you supposed to know, Megyn how are you – Paul: Use the Fourth Amendment . Use the Fourth Amendment -- Get a warrant. Christie: Let me tell you something. Paul: Get a judge to sign a warrant. Christie: you know -- Senator – Kelly: Wait. Wait. Governor Christie make your point.
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Rand Paul
Senator (R-Kentucky), Member of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
FOXNEWSW 08/06/2015
Christie: When you're sitting in a subcommittee just blowing hot air about this you can say things like that. When you're responsible for protecting the lives of the American people then what you need to do is to make sure is to make sure that that the system works the way it's supposed to work. Paul: Here is the problem, Governor. You fundamentally misunderstand the bill of rights. Every time you did a case you got a warrant from a judge. I'm talking about searches without warrants indiscriminately of all Americans' records. And that's what I fought to end. I don't trust President Obama with our records. I know you gave him a big hug. If you want to give him a big hug again, go right ahead.
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