Rand Paul and the Surveillance State (+video)

In an interview with Fox, Rand Paul disagrees with the host who suggests that government should employ more cameras to prevent crime. The senator believes that only with a constitutional basis, such as probable cause, should the government be able to surreptitiously video record its citizens.

Senator Paul adds that even though over 70% of Americans in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 said they would trade freedom for more security, those numbers are now closer to an even split.

He notes that emotions run high after catastrophes, but after things subside, Americans are not as supportive of increasing government in exchange for liberty.

Senator Paul warns that placing security ahead of liberty could create a 1984, Orwellian world where there are cameras in your dining room, bedroom, essentially everywhere.