s speech drew on the work of bloggers from both the left and right who have criticized the president on
civil liberties, such as Glenn Greenwald of
The Guardian and Conor Friedersdorf of
The Atlantic. Kevin Williamson of the National Review also earned a mention for a piece he wrote asking whether under Obama's standards the Nixon and Johnson administrations should have bombed college campuses.
"To be bombed in your sleep? There's nothing American about that," Paul said.