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jct74
05-05-2014, 09:19 AM
Obama Files to Dismiss FreedomWorks-Rand Paul NSA Lawsuit

BY JACQUELINE BODNAR
May 5, 2014

Washington, DC- In hopes it would go unnoticed over the weekend, the Obama Administration filed a motion to dismiss the FreedomWorks-Rand Paul lawsuit that would end the government’s warrantless NSA spying program on American citizens. The lead counsel on the case is former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

“Obama's motion to dismiss our lawsuit is an insulting display of political arrogance coming out of the executive branch,” commented Matt Kibbe, President of FreedomWorks. “It should really be called a motion to censor civilians. It wasn't enough that the Obama Administration authorized the single largest warrantless gathering of citizen’s private information in the history of the United States. They don’t even believe citizens deserve an opportunity to plead their case after their rights have been violated. The Obama Administration can try to use legal muscle to silence Americans, but we will be heard.”

Senator Rand Paul added, "I remain fully committed to this lawsuit and look forward to having our day in court. The American people deserve better than warrantless surveillance and domestic spying."

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http://www.freedomworks.org/content/obama-files-dismiss-freedomworks-rand-paul-nsa-lawsuit

jct74
05-05-2014, 09:20 AM
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jct74
05-05-2014, 03:09 PM
Justice Department asks judge to dismiss Rand Paul's NSA lawsuit

BY JOEL GEHRKE | MAY 5, 2014 AT 4:43 PM

Justice Department lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., against the National Security Agency, arguing that Paul didn't deserve to have the case heard because he can't prove that his phone records were collected by the agency.

Because Paul can't prove that, the Justice Department argued, he doesn't have standing to sue. "[T]he government has not declassified or otherwise acknowledged the identities of the carriers participating in the program, either now, or at any time in the past," the government's motion to dismiss says. "The consequences of that gap in the record must befall Plaintiffs, as it is their 'burden to prove their standing by pointing to specific facts, not the Government’s burden to disprove standing by revealing details' of its intelligence programs."

Citing the Fourth Amendment, Paul asked the court "purge from their possession, custody, and control all of the telephone metadata collected, stored, retained, and searched" pertaining to American citizens in a February filing. In December, the same court ruled that the NSA must destroy any Verizon phone records it had collected on two individuals, Larry Klayman and Charlie Strange, who also argued that the NSA program violated their Fourth Amendment rights.

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/justice-department-asks-judge-to-dismiss-rand-pauls-nsa-lawsuit/article/2548089