Here's the national security outrage that should really fire up Marco Rubio

The NSA isn't just violating civil liberties — it's extraordinarily ineffective

Marco Rubio supports the NSA's intelligence gathering programs.
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For a smart guy, Sen. Marco Rubio doesn't have a clue about national intelligence.

Frequent readers will note I'm usually very high on the Republican presidential candidate. He gets the key political challenge faced by the GOP — the perception that it is no longer responsive to working and middle-class concerns. And he also understands that responding to this challenge requires not abandoning conservatism, but applying its time-honored principle in a new way for the 21st century. I think he has pushed the freshest, best domestic policy agenda this cycle, and I share his hawkish instincts on foreign policy.

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.