If it were not for double standards, the NY Slimes would have no standards at all.
Hypocrisy from the NYT? Nooooo! Can't be so.
The Echelon program complied with FISA and obtained FISA warrants for all investigation of domestic targets. That does not seem to be the same as a program that considers itself to be above the jurisdiction of any court or governing body.
The news organ of the Democratic party's left wing, and it's wymens' political action committee, NOW ('special pleading') are slowly becoming Monty Python skits.
`It's OK if it's Clinton, but not OK for Republicans . .'
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/confuse.htm
OK NYT, you win--we're confused cats.