New York Times Writes “The Adminstration Has Now Lost All Credibility.”

Did the New York Times go too far on June 6, 2013 when they wrote “The administration has now lost all credibility.”  Or are they months or years too slow?  Ultimately the gist of the article is that the Patriot Act needs to be repealed because the “executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it.”  It’s not just the current executive that is doing this now.  W abused the same act in the exact same way.  Thus, if two presidents in a row cannot resist the temptation of unlimted domestic spying provided by the Patriot Act, perhaps it is time for its repeal.  The NYT may have it right that this type of power can only produce abuse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/opinion/president-obamas-dragnet.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1