Stand up to the NSA with Senator Rand Paul

From Campaign For Liberty:

"I believe what you do on your cell phone is none of their d--- business!" -- Senator Rand Paul

I couldn't agree more with the sentiment Senator Paul expressed above at the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend to raucous applause from the standing-room-only crowd.

After walking away with the CPAC straw poll win for the second year in a row, Senator Paul has shown that there is strong support amongst young people and the broader conservative movement to protect our civil liberties.

My staff was tabling at the conference, and one of the most popular petitions on our table was one to "Stand with Rand on the NSA!"

For a conference that once crowned Donald Rumsfeld the "Defender of the Constitution," this was quite a change from years past.

The NSA domestic surveillance scandal is just one example of what Big Government will do without vigorous oversight and restraint.

After 9/11, many Americans, and particularly our representatives in government, were far too willing to trade our liberties away for what they perceived as "security."

But as Benjamin Franklin admonished centuries before, those who trade one for the other will end up with neither.

Thankfully, Americans are beginning to fight back to protect their natural rights and liberties.

Privacy has once again come to the forefront of American political discourse.

While testifying on behalf of Campaign for Liberty against reauthorization of so-called "Patriot" Act provisions in 2011, Bruce Fein told members of a House Subcommittee, "Liberty, the right to be left alone, is at the top of the Constitution's hierarchy."

I trust that as a member of Campaign for Liberty, you feel the same way.

That's why it's important you sign your "Stand with Rand on the NSA!" petition to your representative and senators urging them to hold the Obama Administration accountable and to cosponsor and pass legislation ending the NSA's abuse of power!

The Fourth Amendment was written to protect against the very same abuses the Obama Administration and the ones before him have carried out.

John Adams once wrote to his wife Abigail, "Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

Let's make sure we stand up and fight for our liberties while we still can!

In Liberty,

John Tate
President