Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walked into U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning to file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama and various administration officials in his bid to kill the National Security Agency’s dragnet collection of American phone records.
Plaintiffs named in the lawsuit are Paul and the political advocacy group FreedomWorks, which claims about 6 million members.
Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s former Republican attorney general, will serve as lead counsel for the lawsuit, which is the fourth major legal challenge against the NSA phone program.
