Rand Paul To File Class Action Lawsuit Against NSA

The Kentucky Senator says he’ll file the suit “soon” on the basis that the National Security Agency violates our Fourth Amendment rights.

He will file the papers in the D.C. District Court as a private citizen. His office did not give the specific timeline for when the senator would file the suit…

Paul’s Senate campaign website already encourages individuals to “please sign below and join my class-action lawsuit and help stop the government’s outrageous spying program on the American people.”

The solicitation, which asks for individuals’ names, email addresses and zip codes, also asks for a donation to help “stop Big Brother from infringing on our Fourth Amendment freedoms.”

Paul first broached the idea of a suit last June, asserting if he could get 10 million people to sign up it would wake up the government to force changes to the program.

Paul has been one of the most vocal critics of the NSA surveillance program that collects phone metadata — including phone numbers, call times, and duration — on U.S. citizens. He has previously called Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to resign for giving misleading testimony to Congress about the program.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.