Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulSecond GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Trump seeks to flip 'Rage' narrative; Dems block COVID-19 bill MORE (R-Ky.) criticized the intelligence community's mass surveilence of Americans at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday.

The libertarian-leaning senator said that he understood that intelligence agencies needed to be able to conduct surveillance on some to do their jobs, but accused the agencies of overreach and misleading Congress.

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"But when the intelligence director lies to Congress, how are we to trust them?" he said.

"I say that your phone records are yours," he said. "I say that the phone records of law-abiding citizens are none of their damn business."

Paul, who is considering a 2016 presidential campaign, was speaking to a friendly crowd at CPAC and was interrupted several times for applause. At one point, some in the crowd chanted "President Paul!"

The senator's stance on mass surveillance may put him at odds with some other possible 2016 candidates. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) called the programs "hugely important" in a speech earlier this month.