This is quite telling as well. First the Chicago Trib, and now this. Now, this ain't exactly the scathing editorial I'd write, but for an uber-conservative newspaper, this is not a good editorial by any means:
At first blush there’s something truly unnerving about the idea that government spies have their mitts on our private phone records. Really, does the National Security Agency need to know when Aunt Millie dials up her sister on the Cape?
...Since 9/11 the American public has been willing to rely on the assurances of government leaders that they are preserving our privacy while fighting terrorism.
Unfortunately, and perhaps understandably, many Americans no longer believe them.
