Rand Paul Asks White House, Intel Committees to Find Out if Surveilled by Obama

Senator Rand Paul requested the White House to provide information on whether he had been surveilled by the Obama administration or intelligence agencies.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Senator Rand Paul, a leading critic in the Senate of the US spy agencies’ surveillance of Americans, said in a Twitter statement on Friday he has asked the White House and congressional intelligence committees to find out whether he was surveilled during the administration of former President Barack Obama.

I have formally requested from the WH and the Intel Committees info on whether I was surveilled by Obama admin and or the Intel community!

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) 5 мая 2017 г.

In the past, Paul has charged the US National Security Agency (NSA) with regularly eavesdropping on Americans using what he has called a "backdoor" search.

Instead of directly targeting US citizens and residents, the NSA targets foreigners, who are subject to US surveillance, Paul has said.

Afterwards, US officials can obtain details by typing a targeted American’s name into a search engine for a massive data base of recorded telephone calls, according to Paul.