Rand: Targeting Mosques and Database of Muslims Disqualify Both Trump and Rubio

PAUL: "If you’re going to do surveillance to religious institutions, yes. I think surveillance, though, has a fairly low threshold or individuals. And I think the discussion should be, will we have surveillance, will we follow people who we think are a risk? That’s even a lower threshold than getting a search warrant. So, yes, we should follow people who are at risk. Should we talk to their neighbors and friends? Should we talk to their imam? Sure, all of that is — is legitimate. But should we target mosques and have a database of Muslims? Absolutely not. And I think that’s really disqualifying for both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio to say that we’re going to close down every place that potentially has a discussion that might lead to extremism. That would require some sort of religious czar that I think isn’t consistent with our freedom."