By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor A sustained noise that could best be called a hoot and holler greeted Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at the mention of his name, before he took the stage at Friday's Conservative Political Action Conference and declared that cell phone records sought by government agencies were 'none of their damned business!' By the time he launched into his blue streak against the National Security Agency and quoted Pink Floyd to criticize President Barack Obama, the overflow crowd of thousands sounded like Beyonce concertgoers who had stumbled into the wrong ballroom. The crowd simultaneously drank it in and shouted it out, making Paul the star of the Conservative Political Action Conference's second day and giving him – by far – the event's loudest applause.
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Paul, a Kentucky senator, got the Conservative Political Action Conference's loudest applause with a libertarian message
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He railed against President Obama for allowing the National Security Agency to seize millions of Americans' phone records with a single warrant
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Paul is seen as a major 2016 presidential contender
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The CPAC even has heard from other crowd favorites Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Rick Santorum and Donald Trump
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Paul sued the Obama administration, and the president personally, in February over the alleged NSA abuses
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