“The NSA is not looking through people's address books and Visa bills and violating the rights of average citizens. That's not what the NSA does.” PeopleDoeBookRightsCitizensBillsAverageAddressesNsaVisaAddress Books Author:Michael Gerson
“We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties.” NeedsGivingLawCommunityLibertyRightsCommitmentDown AndTrackTerroristLaw EnforcementEnforcementRule Of LawNsaUnderminingBasic Rights Author:Barack Obama
“I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged. At the very least, we should debate. We should debate whether or not we are going to relinquish our rights, or whether or not we are going to have a full and able debate over whether or not we can live within the Constitution, or whether or not we have to go around the Constitution.” ShouldAbleRightsConstitutionDebatePatriotNsaPatriot ActUnpatriotic Author:Rand Paul
“Nobody ever was fired for 9/11. Instead of firing the people who didn't do a good job, we gave them medals. The guy who did a good job, I don't know what happened to him. And what we did was we decided we'd just collect everybody's information. That we'd sort of scrap the Bill of Rights.” PeopleKnowsJobsGuyRightsHappenedInformationDecidedBillsGood JobMedalScrapNsaBill Of RightsFiring Author:Rand Paul
“You don't know who the next group is that's unpopular. The Bill of Rights isn't for the prom queen. The bill of rights isn't for the high school quarterback. The Bill of Rights is for the least among us. The Bill of Rights is for minorities. The Bill of Rights is for those who have minority opinions.” KnowsSchoolNextOpinionRightsGroupsHigh SchoolBillsQueensMinoritiesQuarterbackNsaBill Of RightsPromProm Queen Author:Rand Paul
“It's clear the CIA was trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and that's a serious constitutional concern. But it's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them.” IfsTryingDoePlayHappensCareMillionsClearRightsSeeingEffectsSeriousCitizensPoliticianOrdinaryConcernCongressThings HappenOfficialsRelevantInvestigationDocumentsScandalSpyCiaNsaElected OfficialsOrdinary Citizens Author:Edward Snowden
“Clearly we must do everything we can to protect our country from the serious potential of another terrorist attack, but we can and must do so in a way that also protects the constitutional rights of the American people and maintains our free society. We can do that without living in an Orwellian world where the government and private corporations know every telephone call that we make, every website we visit, everyplace we go.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayCountryGovernmentCan DoRightsSeriousProtectTerroristOur CountryCorporationsTelephonesWebsiteFree SocietyNsaTerrorist AttacksConstitutional RightsOrwellianRight To Privacy Author:Bernie Sanders
“Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet while we have reformed this one program, many others remain.” RightsVictoryCitizensMassProgramPhonesPatriotHistoricSurveillancePhone CallsNsaPatriot Act Author:Edward Snowden
“Our bill of rights has been shredded. The fourth amendment specifically prohibits the kind of activities the NSA is involved in domestically. The fifth amendment prohibits any president or anyone else from killing anyone without due process.” KindHas BeensProcessPresidentRightsInvolvedActivityBillsKillingDuesAmendmentsFourthFifthNsaBill Of RightsDue ProcessFourth AmendmentFifth Amendment Author:Ray McGovern