Ron Paul: Why Are Republicans Defending Obama Over NSA Spying?

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
By Paul Martin

RINO’s line up to support big government

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
June 12, 2013

During an appearance on MSNBC’s Daily Rundown, former Congressman Ron Paul questioned why Republicans are coming to the defense of big government and the Obama administration by calling for NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden to be arrested.

Challenging the demonization of Snowden by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who have accused the whistleblower of committing treason, Paul lambasted Republicans such as John Boehner for siding with Obama.
“The political foolishness of Republicans running to rescue Obama – the American people are sick and tired of all this snooping, prying and surveillance, so the Republicans run to the rescue of Obama and say ‘we passed those laws, they’re good laws, we want to preserve those laws’ – so it doesn’t even make political sense,” said Paul.

In the aftermath of the scandal, numerous Republicans have called for Snowden to be arrested rather than defending him as a patriot who gave up his life to warn that Constitutional rights are being eviscerated by the National Security Agency.

– New York Republican Peter King called for “extradition proceedings at the earliest date” and for Snowden to be prosecuted.

– The Republican head of the House intelligence committee, Mike Rogers, said Snowden had “released just enough information to literally be dangerous.”

– South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham described Snowden’s actions as, “not as one of patriotism but potentially a felony.”

– House Speaker John Boehner went further, labeling Snowden a “traitor” who should be dealt with as an enemy of the state.

Ron Paul acknowledged that what Snowden did was technically illegal, but warned that the far bigger threat came from big government. “It is probably illegal, there are laws against this, but what about people who are breaking the law, violating the Constitution….which one has the higher order – the Constitution, the written law, or the authority of the executive branch who controls the enforcement of laws?” asked Paul, adding that the bigger the government grew, the greater the threat.

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