Flynn debacle shows that it's time to slay the surveillance beast

During the latter days of President George W. Bush’s administration, and throughout most of President Barack Obama’s, the Republican Party re-discovered a sense of civil libertarianism that would have pleased former Sens. Robert Taft, R-Ohio, or Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz.

Spearheaded by former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and his son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the party seemed to have seen the light from its neoconservative misadventures in foreign policy abroad and invasive domestic security measures such as The USA Patriot Act.