So now spying is sleazy (Editorial)

I have to wonder, why the apparant double standard?  The company doing the spying was using the same reasons that the government used for spying on it’s own citizens: security.  As far as I can tell, the only real difference is in who’s making the laws.

So
now spying is sleazy (Editorial)

… Here is the rationale of the House, in a nutshell: When a
company spies on people, it’s "sleaze." When the U.S. government does
it, it’s a matter of national security.

Source – Des
Moines Register