Rand Paul Attacks Obama on NSA Spying: “Martin Luther King was spied upon, civil rights leaders were spied upon”

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is speaking to
students and faculty today at the University of California at
Berkeley, famously known as one of the most left-wing campuses in
the country. And as Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times
reports, Paul hopes to use that liberal climate to his advantage,
effectively attacking President Obama from what we might call the
libertarian-left over the issue of NSA spying on American citizens.
Peters writes:

Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, says President Obama
should be particularly wary of domestic spying, given the
government’s history of eavesdropping on civil rights leaders such
as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The first African-American president ought to be a little more
conscious of the fact of what has happened with the abuses of
domestic spying,” Mr. Paul said, previewing remarks he planned to
deliver to a group of students and faculty members Wednesday
afternoon at the University of California, Berkeley.

“Martin Luther King was spied upon, civil rights leaders were
spied upon, Muhammad Ali was spied upon, antiwar protesters were
spied upon,” he said. “The possibility for abuse in this is
incredible. So I don’t care if there’s never been any evidence of
abuse with the N.S.A., they should not be collecting the data.”

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