Rand Paul hails NSA ruling as Marco Rubio argues for re-authorizing data collection
While presidential candidates Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders were hailing the federal court ruling on Thursday that the National Security Agency‘s bulk collection of phone records isn’t authorized by the Patriot Act, Marco Rubio was on the floor of the Senate arguing for the controversial program to be reauthorized. “Here’s the truth: If this program had existed before 9/11, it is quite possible that we would have known that the 9/11 hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar was living in San Diego and was making…