The question is, what was Rand Paul's actions after receiving this breifing?
Has he immediately proposed legislation to drastically cut back on government authority to conduct domestic surveillence?
Has he immediately proposed killing all funding for this?
Of significant interest is that private ownership of small arms isn't sufficient for citizens to successfully oppose a tyrannical government. Not when the federal government has the ability to call in the military with nearly unlimited ammunition, explosives, tanks, helicopters and bombers. Syria makes a very good example of a heavily armed government facing a lightly armed populance. Small arms carrying civilians sustain a much higher butcher bill versus the military.
Gazillions. That's the number of times the federal government has spied on Americans since 9/11 through the use of drones, legal search warrants, illegal search warrants, federal agent-written search warrants and just plain government spying. This is according to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who, when he asked the government to tell him what it was doing to violate our privacy, was given a classified briefing. The senator -- one of just a few in the U.S. Senate who believes that the Constitution means what it says -- was required by federal law to agree not to reveal what spies and...
[A] person or entity acting under the authority [of], or funded in whole or in part by, the Government of the United States shall not use a drone to gather evidence or other information pertaining to criminal conduct or conduct in violation of a statute or regulation except to the extent authorized in a warrant that satisfies the requirements of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution