Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed the White House...
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed the White House Friday night for government phone and Internet surveillance, speaking at the Iowa Republican Party Reagan Dinner in Des Moines. “We've seen the assault on the” Fourth and Fifth amendments “as this administration…
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has been invading our privacy, with the NSA seizing phone records and emails and viewing law-abiding citizens as the target of their efforts,” Cruz told the crowd at the conservative event. “By the way, for anyone who has their cellphones here, please leave them on. I want to make sure President Obama hears everything we say tonight.” President Barack Obama announced in August that he wants greater transparency and oversight of these practices, and members of Congress have introduced a variety of proposals to overhaul U.S. surveillance laws in recent months.