May 21, 2015

Paul commandeers Senate to protest Patriot Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver a nearly 11 hours-long protest against renewal of the Patriot Act, calling the post-Sept. 11 law government intrusion on Americans' privacy.

Congress faces a June 1 deadline for the law's expiration, and Paul's speech underscored ...

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