Rand Paul: NSA may spy on Obama

[Indi Guy]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested Thursday that the National Security Agency might have records on President Obama's phone calls. 

In an interview with Bloomberg, Paul noted that the NSA has acknowledged that it collects data, such as phone numbers, call times and call durations, on all U.S. phone calls.  

"My question is, are they tapping the president's phone, also?" Paul asked on Bloomberg's "Political Capital." "He's got a cellphone … I mean, think about it." Paul said he was making the comment a "bit facetiously" but that the court orders authorizing the NSA surveillance are "so expansive and without limit and nonspecific that they apply to all cellphones."
 
"So conceivably, the NSA could be spying on the president's phone,” Paul said...

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/188874-rand-paul-suggests-nsa-spies-on-obama

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These guys have no sense of humor, so I doubt there was anything "facetious" said here.

[AtheistCrusader]

1. Wouldn't be the first time.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/russ-tice-nsa-obama_n_3473538.html

[reflection]

2. As much as it pains me to agree with ferret-head

I assume the NSA does spy on POTUS' phone. I don't think there's a boundary they wouldn't cross in order to feed the information monster.

[truthisfreedom]

3. They wouldn't HAVE to monitor his phone to listen in on his calls, just the parties he's talking to.

Just sayin'.

[olddad56]

4. they spy on everyone, even Rand Paul.

[underpants]

5. "...I mean, think about it" is he doing Colbert's act?

It doesn't help Rand that he looks like Stan Laurel either

[greiner3]

6. If the NSA has records of such conversations;

Would could they be subpoenaed if the, supposed, need same to trial, say?

[thearchive]

7. Whenever someone says Think About It I think of this

38s in.

Think about it!