Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment

Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment: "What we're seeing with the Brennan nomination is what has been so urgently needed, but destructively missing, for so long: Congress playing the role it was intended to play by impeding Executive Branch extremism and prioritizing, for once, its institutional responsibilities over trivial partisan loyalties," Greenwald told BuzzFeed in an email later. "Everyone, regardless of party, has an equal interest in ensuring that the ability of the president to abuse power in secret is constrained. That this current battle is being led by members of both parties underscores that fact, and has the real potential to trigger a truly trans-partisan campaign against the presidential assault on core liberties being waged on a pretense of national security."