SECTION 215 OF THE PATRIOT ACT SET TO EXPIRE..
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WHITE HOUSE WANTS A ‘SHORT-LIVED’ LAPSE
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SENATOR RAND PAUL BECOMES THE ROADBLOCK
This is how the AP summed up the result of the Sunday Randstand on the Senate chambers:
Although the lapse in the programs may be brief, intelligence officials warned that it could jeopardize Americans’ safety and amount to a win for terrorists. But civil liberties groups applauded as Paul, who is running for president, forced the expiration of the once-secret program made public by NSA contractor Edward Snowden, which critics say is an unconstitutional intrusion into Americans’ privacy.
RAND PAUL not going to take it anymore.. Unloads on Patriot Act on the floor of the Senate, as the gallery is filled Sunday night with people wearing “Stand with Rand” shirts