Rand Paul: The Patriot Act Provides No Security at the Cost of Our Liberty – Breitbart

Supporters of the NSA’s large scale spying on the American people claim the program has made our country safer. Benjamin Franklin famously said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

The Patriot Act holds a provision written in by George W. Bush and strengthened by Barack Obama that allows government data mining to collect information on citizens regardless of having terrorist affiliations or connections. The information is stored in databases for future action if the government deems such. Phone logs are kept as well as social media and emails of EVERY CITIZEN through the NSA, CIA, and other agencies.

Source: Exclusive – Rand Paul: The Patriot Act Provides No Security at the Cost of Our Liberty – Breitbart

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