Sen Paul vows to end NSA program if elected President

Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) said he would end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records on his first day in the White House if he is elected. "The President created this vast dragnet by executive order. And as President on day one, I would immediately end this unconstitutional surveillance," he said in a Kentucky speech announcing his presidential bid. He has filed a lawsuit against the government over the program and has promised not to vote to renew sections of the Patriot Act that authorize the program and are up for renewal in June.

The Kentucky senator dusted off an old line in the speech, saying the phone records of law-abiding Americans should stay private. "Warrantless searches of Americans phone and computer records are un-American and a threat to our civil liberties. I say that your phone records are yours. I say that phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business," he said, later joking "is this where we light up the phones?" "I believe we can have liberty and security, and I will not compromise your liberty for a false sense of security," he added later.