Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., railed against government surveillance. ...

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., railed against government surveillance. The Supreme Court last looked at such issues of privacy back in the 1970s era of “dial-up phones,” he said Wednesday night during a Google Hangout hosted by Generation Opportunity, a libertarian-leaning organization focused on young voters. Paul lamented “generalized” warrants: “The warrant has to be specific to the person.” He said the issue must go to the Supreme Court, although it’s unclear whether privacy advocates would win. In Congress, the right and left have come together to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in significant ways, Paul said, saying “young people are more interested in this,” given how connected to technology they are. “Metadata is important,” he said, stressing a need to avoid metadata collection by the government. Paul doesn’t consider the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to be a “real” court given it’s not open: “You can’t have justice without a lawyer."