Ron Paul Thanks Whistleblower; List of Those Spied on by NSA to be Used in Court Against Gov’t

By now everyone realizes that former Texas Representative Ron Paul certainly led the way for the ideas of libertarianism and civil liberties after leaving nearly three decades of a career in Washington DC. When it comes to issues such as the National Security Agency’s huge PRISM spying scandal, relying on Paul for interjection isn’t a bad idea. Since the NSA’s powerpoints were leaked, which revealed a huge encroachment of privacy and the Fourth Amendment, Paul has been very vocal.

Since last week’s intelligence leak, Paul officially thanked Edward Snowden, the whistleblower and Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke the story. “We should be thankful for individuals like Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald who see injustice being carried out by their own government and speak out, despite the risk,” Paul stated in a Campaign for Liberty publication. The former Congressman also explained, “The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing,” calling out Obama’s secrecy.

Reiterating his support for civil liberties across the board, Paul noted, “The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable cause. Today the government operates largely in secret, while seeking to know everything about our private lives – without probable cause and without a warrant.” Then, Paul took to his “Texas Straight Talk” podcast segment for putting more exposure on the NSA scandal, calling for more transparency on the government and not the people.

Interestingly, in the wake of the NSA’s confirmed spying on Americans through communications such as the computer and phone, a YouTube video has gone viral of Paul speaking on the floor in 1984. The then-Congressman warned of the very problems that Americans are witnessed today, government spying. Paul said, “It’s now common knowledge that the federal government computers are routinely used to compare lists of 18 year olds who get drivers licenses with those who have registered for the draft.”

The Texan finished his 1984 remarks saying, “Why is it that it’s so difficult to defend freedom consistently across the board?”
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