Posted on 05/31/2015 8:07:30 AM PDT by jimbo123
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Saturday that Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is "wrong" on his efforts to end post-Sept. 11 surveillance laws used against suspected spies and terrorists.
Bush, a likely GOP presidential candidate in 2016, called for the reauthorization of the Patriot Act enacted under the presidency of his brother George W. Bush.
"What I admire most about my brother was he kept us safe," Jeb Bush said at a Tennessee Republican Party fundraiser. "And I believe people will respect him for a long time because of that."
Without action by midnight Sunday, a number of tools that permit law enforcement to pursue and investigate suspected terrorists will expire. Paul, a senator from Kentucky, has said he will use his right to delay a final vote and let the powers lapse once midnight arrives.
"We do not need to give up who we are to defeat" terrorists, Paul said. "There has to be another way," he said Saturday in a statement and on Twitter, pledging to force the expiration of an "illegal spy program."
Bush told reporters before the event that he does not consider the collection of domestic phone metadata a violation of civil rights.
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Sorry ann. We Americans do not want to be spied on. If you’re worried about the massive Enemy Within - Islamic invasion of USA, repatriate them back to Krapistan where they belong. Before they REALLY cause us trouble here. Americans don’t want to give up our freedom just because the enemy agent in our WH wants to Transform USA into a Moslem krapistan
Jeb Bush sells out freedom when he’s afraid. He sold out life over fear of a lower level judge....Schiavo.
If fear should dictate freedom then we should cave to jihadist threats over drawing cartoons
Goverment nowadays is a complete contradiction to the idea of understanding and evaluating risk.
If we allow this kind of snooping, it should solely be used for and directed at people that pose terrorist threats.
A better idea would be to immediately ban muslims from entering the country, finding and deporting any who are already illegally here (visa overstays, etc.). And, in a perfect world, there would be no muslims here. Don’t forget, in WWII, we had camps for foreigners just for similar national fears.
That settles it then. Rand Paul is right on the Patriot Act.
Jeb and Rand should be busy telling us why Hillary and Obama are wrong!
As a candidate for President, you,’re right, but he’s also a sitting U.S. Senator doing his job calling out the Patriot Act for what it is and I applaud him for that.
Oh well, with Jeb, anyone who has a different thought that isn’t like his, is wrong....
Surveillance without warrants or probable cause is a direct violation of the Constitution.
The Bushs, Clintons, Obamas wouldn’t know the Constitution if it jumped out at them and bit them on their a##es. Shove it, Jeb.
Why is the Clintoon Cartel NOT in Levenworth?..
“What I admire most about my brother was he kept us safe,” Jeb Bush said “
Saved our azzes whether we liked it or not because a police state is a safe state. :-)
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