They also abused their authority to persecute William Binney and Tom Drake - both acted to defend the constitution against those that defied it (all of whom took the same oath).

Then there was the telcom scandal under Bush - when it was revealed that both the government AND telcom companies (AT&T) were in blatant violation of the law for years, they not only changed the law to excuse themselves, they changed it retroactively! This was around the time Nancy Pelosi famously said "Impeachment is off the table" - effectively codifying their crimes - and the crime of their self serving remedy.

Its not only a double standard anymore, I think its much worse.