This from the editorial board of the New York Times: "The administration has now lost all credibility on this issue. Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it."

Also: "this fundamentally shifts power between the individual and the state, and repudiates constitutional principles governing search, seizure and privacy."

If the editorial board of the New York Times is saying, we must be very, very far gone...