The last thing you wanna do to a libertarian is spy on them!! And that’s what is being accused of the Obama administration with relation to Rand Paul’s presidential campaign.
Did the Obama admin use warrantless "wiretapping" on other candidates besides @realDonaldTrump? https://t.co/h7rsjvNLHM
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 5, 2017
The report from Circa doesn’t claim that, but reports that thousands of U.S. individuals were unmasked in 2016, a yuge rise from the year before.
I have formally requested from the WH and the Intel Committees info on whether I was surveilled by Obama admin and or the Intel community!
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 5, 2017
We need to know was there a political motivation! https://t.co/9qjDzrdUKq
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 5, 2017
In the interview, he says he’s heard from colleagues it’s likely he was surveilled:
“We’ve had several people come to us and say that it happened. I don’t have access to that information, but I’ve been very concerned that too many Americans’ information is being culled through without a warrant,” he told Breitbart News.
“I don’t have any facts to say it happened,” he said. “But numerous sources are coming to us saying it did happen so I want to search through, find out why I wasn’t notified. Was it on purpose?”
“There’s a lot of things to be found out, particularly since we found out that Susan Rice was unmasking people and we need to know was there a political motivation, because one of the real dangers in a free society is if government gets so powerful it’s listening to all of our phone calls, the possibility of extortion, the possibility of blackmail — all of that goes up exponentially,” he said.
So while there’s not a lot of evidence, again, the claim is heavy enough that it should be investigated. Now, when the heck are we going to get evidence of anything at all?!?
I seem to remember Bob Beckel saying that IF Obama spied for political reasons, and it could be proven, he’d spend the rest of his life in prison…