“Congress’s decline from the Founders’ vision as ‘first among equals’ in government to an echo chamber of the unitary executive has been a slow but steady process. In the process we have seen a steady stream of unconstitutional wars and civil liberties abuses at home. Nowhere is this decline more evident than in the stark contrast between the congressional response to intelligence agencies’ abuses during the post-Watergate era and its response to the far more serious NSA abuses uncovered in recent years. Congress is today acting as an advocate for the executive branch’s continuing abuses, and as an opponent to the civil liberties of US citizens.”
http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/34922/Ron-Paul-Congress-Defers-to-President-On-NSA-Reform/