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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