If we're at war (and I don't mean just Iraq), then the Presidential overreach is a wartime violation of civil liberties comparable but much less serious than Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus and FDR's ethnic relocation camps.

If we're not at war, it's comparable to Watergate.

Your personal view will mostly depend on your answer to the key question, "Are we at war?".

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