Rand Paul on Blocking the Patriot Act, GOP Hawks, and Edward Snowden (ReasonTV interview)

[jct74]

Rand Paul on Blocking the Patriot Act, GOP Hawks, and Edward Snowden

Matt Welch, Joshua Swain & Meredith Bragg | June 5, 2015




Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has had a busy couple of months.

In April the junior senator from Kentucky announced that he was officially running for president. In May he released his new book, Taking a Stand, which argues that only a “new kind of Republican” can win a general election against Hillary Clinton, in part by embracing such cross-partisan issues as privacy, as he did most famously in a March 2013 filibuster about drone policy.

And as the clock struck down to June, Paul fulfilled a campaign vow – and pissed off a lot of Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and much of the 2016 presidential field – by blocking reauthorization of the Patriot Act.

Reason Magazine Editor-in-Chief Matt Welch sat down with Rand Paul in his Washington, D.C. campaign office Thursday to discuss his ongoing disputes with GOP hawks like Lindsey Graham, whether Edward Snowden should go to prison, and what will be the future of NSA surveillance.

Runs approximately 14.30 minutes.

Produced by Joshua Swain and Meredith Bragg.

http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/06/0...patriot-act-go

[politics]

A really good interview on ReasonTV

[ClydeCoulter]

I hate media. They only talk about the neobloddthirsty opposing Rand, but never mention that he has allies.

[ClydeCoulter]

Are they really going to stop collecting data in those billion dollar sites? Really? No.

[Origanalist]

Are they really going to stop collecting data in those billion dollar sites? Really? No.

It's going to be business as usual. They might try to be less obvious and in your face about it is all.

[Bastiat's The Law]

He needs to drop the Snowden sharing a prison cell line.

[anaconda]

People talking in the background are annoying me.

Huge improvement in Rand's coat, tie, and shirt ensemble from last week.

[anaconda]

ISIS is ZERO threat to the U.S.

[dannno]

He needs to drop the Snowden sharing a prison cell line.

Have you asked Snowden if he'd be down to take 2 or 3 years on the head if Clapper was there too?

[JJ2]

40 Hours of Freedom...sounds like a good name for a rock band.

[CPUd]

Ken Cuccinelli and FreedomWorks just filed to oppose the restart request:
http://www.fisc.uscourts.gov/sites/d...20Motion-1.pdf