If the NYT missed the boat in the editorial regarding journalists (see this blog entry on May 25, 2006). The editorial board had no kind words for the hypocrisy of the US Congress when it came to searching the office of a congressman. To the NYT, I say amen this time. Here is the first paragraph of the editorial:

"Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives have achieved an almost unprecedented level of bipartisanship in denouncing the F.B.I.'s search of a congressman's office. They talk angrily about the separation of powers and the implications of having an executive branch agency make a foray into a lawmaker's official space. Our first question is where all these concerned constitutionalists have been for the last five years.