Sen Paul: NSA court ruling should spur President Obama to stop bulk collection of phone records

Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) said that a court ruling that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records is illegal validates his calls for privacy. Sen Paul said the ruling underscores that President Barack Obama can stop the collection at any point. "The ruling justifies what I've said all along. It also sends a message to the President," said Sen Paul, who sued the Obama Administration over the program. "The court has now said it's illegal. He should stop it. HE started it by executive order. He can stop it tomorrow if he wanted to." "The Fourth Amendment says your name has to be on the warrant and you can't put something like 'Mr. Verizon' on the warrant and get ... millions and millions of phone records," he said.

Presidential hopeful Sen Paul is planning to wage war on the Patriot Act as controversial parts of it come up for reauthorization in the coming weeks. "I'm going to lead the charge in the next couple of weeks as the Patriot Act comes forward," he said. "We will be filibustering. We will be trying to stop it. We are not going to let them run over us. And we are going to demand amendments and we are going to make sure the American people know that some of us at least are opposed to unlawful searches."