Who do you blame for the latest attack on civil liberties involving your phone records?

So, is it just Verizon or do you think every phone company has been targeted we just don’t know it yet?
Who do you think is to blame for the ability of our own government to spy on their own people in procuring this massive collection of telephone data with no oversight or specific target in mind? – The bloated Bureaucracy? The Obama administration? The Bush administration? The Heritage Foundation and/or The Cato institute? The Congress who passed the, so called, Patriot Acts? How about the Congress that reauthorized the, so called, “Patriot Acts”. What about the American People?
Is there actually anyone to blame or is this just doing what is allowed by law under their secret interpretation?
Should secret interpretations even be allowed?
Will Congress ever be able to gain back the power they have ceded to the Executive or is it too late?
Will this ruin the chances of the Democratic wing of the Corporate Party from winning in 2014 and guarantee victory for the Republican wing?
We have the present administration building upon the foundation established by the previous one. No matter who wins, will the next administration be better or worse in terms of personal privacy/liberty?

Based on where we have come since 2001, what are your predictions for the upcoming decade?