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A lawsuit filed by Sen. Rand Paul argues that the bulk collection of phone records violates the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, a possible Republican presidential candidate, sued the Obama administration Wednesday over the National Security Agency's mass collection of millions of Americans' phone records.

The senator said he and the conservative activist group FreedomWorks filed the suit for themselves and on behalf of "everyone in America that has a phone."

The lawsuit argues that the bulk collection program that's been in existence since 2006 violates the U.s. Constitution's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches. It calls for an end to the program, which was revealed by former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden.

The Obama administration maintains that the program, begun under President George W. Bush, is legal. Courts have largely sided with the government.

President Barack Obama has called for reforms to the program in an effort to regain public trust. Others, like Paul, have called for the end of this kind of surveillance.

Paul dodged a question about his presidential ambitions during a news conference Wednesday. But his lawsuit is the latest effort to propel the debate over the once-secret surveillance program into the 2016 presidential campaign.

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