Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul
has begun a filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor to protest the
renewal of the Patriot Act, highlighting his opposition to the National
Security Agency's controversial bulk collection of telephone data.
While Paul tweeted that
he's launched "a filibuster of the Patriot Act renewal," his speech is
not a true filibuster at this point because it's not currently delaying
consideration of any bill. But the GOP hopeful's remarks will draw
attention to his longtime push for more protection of privacy rights.
"All this gathering up of bulk data records
isn't what we needed," Paul said on Wednesday of his perspective on how
the terrorists behind 9-11 could have been better tracked.
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