Suing The NSA

'Rand Paul v. Barack Obama' Lawsuit Hits Federal Court With 350,000 Plaintiffs, As U.S. Senator Sues White House And Intelligence Chiefs Over NSA Surveillance -- Daily Mail

* Kentucky senator wants to end broad, non-targeted surveillance of Americans' communications, including so-called 'metadata'
* He calls the NSA programs uncovered by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden 'precisely the kind of overreach we fought a revolution over'
* 'Rand Paul v. Barack Obama' filed in federal court Wednesday morning
* Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who lost a gubernatorial bid in November, is lead counsel for the plaintiffs – all 350,000 of them
* In addition to the president, Sen. Paul is suing the leaders of the NSA and FBI, and the White House's director of national intelligence
* He's also raising money from his class-action participants for his next political campaign, likely a presidential run in 2016

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is making good on his promise to sue the Obama administration over what he calls 'precisely the kind of overreach we fought a revolution over.' His targets are the National Security Agency, the FBI and other federal government offices that snoop on private communications at home and abroad.

With former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as his lead attorney, Paul filed suit Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C. federal court along with the conservative FreedomWorks organization.

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More News On The 'Rand Paul/Freedom Works v. Barack Obama' Lawsuit On NSA Surveillance

Sen. Rand Paul sues Obama over NSA surveillance -- SFGate/AP
Senator Rand Paul sues Obama over NSA intel program -- AFP
Rand Paul Files Lawsuit Over N.S.A. Call Surveillance -- New York Times
Rand Paul files suit against Obama, NSA Wednesday -- Washington Post
Rand Paul announces suit against Obama administration over NSA -- CNN
Paul files class action suit challenging NSA surveillance -- UPI
Rand Paul files lawsuit to halt NSA phone surveillance -- USA Today
Rand Paul’s Lawsuit Against the NSA -- Slate
Senator Rand Paul Files Suit to Block NSA Surveillance -- Daily Tech
Rand Paul and Ken Cuccinelli accused of stealing NSA lawsuit -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Sen. Rand Paul files NSA lawsuit. Can he win? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor

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