Rand Paul: “Well, one of the comments that we went through tonight was an opinion by one of the attorneys in the Bush…”

“Well, one of the comments that we went through tonight was an opinion by one of the attorneys in the Bush administration. They said, basically, that there were authorities that they were given that were inherent authorities under article II that gave them the right to collect data on Americans. But they also then concluded by saying that Congress had no business at all reviewing this data; that there was no authority--that they were basically powers given to the President and that Congress has no ability--I guess I would be interested, in the form of a question, if the Senator can answer whether he believes there are article II powers of surveillance of American citizens that Congress has no business questioning?”