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GLENN PRIVILEGE, FORCE, AND
FREEDOM IF WASN'T A SUBJECT OF
MY HONEYMOON VIDEO.
THOSE ARE THE SCENES WE'RE TOUCH
UPON TONIGHT.
THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE
GOVERNMENT AND CERTAINLY THOSE
WHO CREATE AN --
[INAUDIBLE]
SOMETHING IN THERE.
THEY CREATED THEIR OWN REALM OF
PRIVILEGE.
IF YOU VIOLATE THE WINDS OF THE
PRIVILEGE, YOU WILL BE FORCED TO
PAY.
IN MONEY OR FREEDOM!
ONE ALLIANCE HAS HAD QUITE
ENOUGH.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY USING #AND
POLITICAL GRENADE.
THEY MAY FORCE THE PRESIDENT'S
HAND.
TO ULTIMATELY PROTECT YOUR
FREEDOM.
THERE'S AT LOT AT STAKE.
WE'LL GET TO IT LATER.
WE HAVE THE JUDGE.
YES.
THIS IS "THE INDEPENDENTS."
I'M KENNEDY.
I'M JOINED BY CAMILLE FOSTER
FROM FREE THINK MEDIA.
AND THE SPECIAL GUEST IS REASON
MAGAZINE.
MATT IS AN CROWDED BOAT.
YET, WE ARE "THE INDEPENDENTS."
TODAY SENATOR RAND PAUL FILED A
LAWSUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR
JAMES CLAPPER, NSA DIRECTOR
KEITH ALEXANDER OVER
SURVEILLANCE.
SENATOR PAUL HAD THIS TO SAY.
>> THERE'S A HUGE AND GROWING
SWELL OF PROTESTS IN THIS
COUNTRY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUTRAGED THEIR RECORD WOULD BE
TAKEN WITHOUT SUSPICIOUS,
WITHOUT A JUDGE'S WARRANT, AND
INDIVIDUAL.
KENNEDY: ALL RIGHT.
RAND WAS JOINED IN THE SUIT BY
OTHERS INCOMING FREEDOM WORK CEO
MATT WHO JOINS US BY SATELLITE.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE
LAWSUIT?
WELCOME, BY THE WAY.
>> WELCOME.
--
THANKS.
YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS
LAWSUIT IS GOING TO BE WHAT I
BELIEVE WILL BE ONE OF THE
LARGEST CLASS ACTIONS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT OWNS
A CELL PHONE --
SOME 300 MILLION PEOPLE WERE
SPIED UPON BY THE NSA AND
VIOLATED THEIR FUNDAMENTAL
FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
KENNEDY: IS THIS THE LARGEST
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITTEVER
FILED?
>> WE'RE NOT SURE.
WE THINK, ACTUALLY.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THE SWEEPING
NATURE WHAT THE NSA HAS BEEN UP
TO.
WE THINK IT IS ONE OF TEACHABLE
MOMENTS WHERE THE PRESIDENT HAS
CROSSED THE LINE AND CROSSES A
LINE ON SOMETHINGS THESE DAYS.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF NONPARTISAN
BIPARTISAN ISSUES WHERE ANYBODY
THAT IS A CIVIL LIBERTARIAN
SHOULD BE BENT OUT OF SHAPE
ABOUT THIS BREACH OF POWER.
>> MATT, RAND PAUL IS SOMEONE
OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AS A
POTENTIAL CONTENDER FOR THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN 2016.
I THINK SO YOU TO SEE THIS IN
SOME WAYS AS LAYING DOWN A
POLITICAL MARKER.
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS THE
DIRECTION THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS GOING?
THAT THE PARTY OF GEORGE SUBURB
GOING EMBRACE A LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE NSA AND SURVEILLANCE.
>> WELL, I THINK IT IS WHERE THE
AMERICAN VOTERS ARE GOING.
AND YOU'RE SEEING LESS AND LESS
PARTY AFFILIATION FROM DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS.
I THINK RAND PAUL GETS THAT.
OBVIOUSLY IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE, HE'S PARTICIPATING AS A
CITIZENS NOT AS A POLITICIAN.
BUT SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE MAYBE
IT'S A REPUBLICAN, MAYBE IT'S A
DEMOCRAT IS GOING CATCH THE
SENSE THAT AMERICANS ARE FEDUP
WITH PARTISAN BS AND LACKING FOR
SOMEONE WHO WILL STAND UP FOR
BASIC RIGHTS.
>> MATT, WHETHER OR NOT THIS
LAWSUIT IS SUCCESSFUL GRASSROOTS
SUPPORT FOR REFORMING THE
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM MATTERS A
GREAT DEAL.
ARE YOU AT ALL CONCERNED ABOUT
THE STEADY DRIP OF INFORMATION
WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE
LEAK.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY THERE'S
A NEW REVELATION.
ARE YOU CONCERNED PERHAPS PEOPLE
WILL BE BURNT OUT AT SOME
POINT?
>> *** WITH I THINK YOU ARE
RIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO BUILD GRASSROOT
INTEREST IN THIS.
YOU HAVE TO BUILD UNDERSTAND
WHAT OUR BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS ARE.
THAT DRIVES BOTH THE POTENTIAL
OF US GETTING THIS SUPREME COURT
BUT ALSO DRAWS THE POTENTIAL OF
US GETTING A LEGISLATIVE FIX.
CONGRESS HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO
CHECK EXECUTIVE POWER.
THEY HAVEN'T PRACTICED THAT.
IT ALL COMES BACK TO CONSTITUENT
BELIEFS AND PUBLIC OPINION AND
THE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP, I THINK,
IS A "PERFECT STORM" COMBINED
WITH IRS ABUSE AND ALL OF THESE
RANDOM EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
THIS IS THE ONE ISSUE THAT
CONNECTS BOTH WITH DEMOCRATS,
REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDS, AND
LIBERTARIANS.
>> LET ME ASK YOU WHAT IS THE
END GAME?
SENATOR PAUL HAS TALKED ABOUT
TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
BUT WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO?
WHAT REFORM ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR?
WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE END?
>> WE WANT ADJECTIVE RELIEF.
WE WANT THE NSA TO STOP DOING
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
WE WANT THEM TO GIVE UP THE
RECORDS THEY'VE BEEN HORDING IN
THEIR SECRET CONFINES.
SO WE JUST WANT IT TO STOP.
KENNEDY: ALL RIGHT.