In an email sent out by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to his supporters, Paul came out against the extension of key parts of the PATRIOT Act and a related intelligence law.

Paul starts off his letter by bringing up James Otis who had argued against blank search writs issued by the British government before the American Revolution:

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